Sober Short - Be Accountable

Tribe Sober - inspiring an alcohol-free life! Welcome to our seventh "Sober Short" - an interim mini podcast to supplement the weekly Tribe Sober podcast. I’m going to kick off this series by taking you through our Tribe Sober Toolkit – this toolkit is just one of the things that we share with you during our regular Zoom workshops – click here for more info. Our workshops have been a gamechanger for so many people - if you want to kickstart your sober journey then sign up today In this episode During the first 6 Sober Shorts we looked at the first 6 Tools in our toolbox Tool 1 was CONNECTION “Connection is the Opposite of Addiction” and if you’re serious about getting sober then you need to connect with others on the same path – So if you’re not yet a member of our tribe please check us out on tribesober.com “join our tribe” to read about the benefits of membership Tool 2 was “GET MOVING” We all know is that exercise is “good for us” and many many people exercise daily but they also drink on a daily basis – sometimes excessively – ditch the drink and keep exercising and you will be amazed at how much fitter you will get! Tool number 3 was all about:- Tool 3 was "BUILD YOUR EMOTIONAL STRENGTH" All about “learning to sit with our feelings” – instead of trying to chase them away with alcohol – alcohol is the “easy button” and enables us to bypass difficult emotions We have to “get comfortable with being uncomfortable as Tribe Sober coach Lynette says or as Glennon Doyle says:- “First the Pain, then the Rising” Tool number 4 was all about:- Tool 4 was MINDSET About changing your thinking – about drinking The global alcohol industry spends trillions on marketing every year to convince us that we need their product.. The wine industry in particular has done a stunning job marketing to us ladies during the last 2 decades– Many women now believe that drinking wine is essential for a full and happy life. We have to de-program ourselves — a nice analogy is to think of our subconscious mind as a computer — we need to reboot and load some new software. Tool 5 was "VISUALISATION"3 visualisation tools:- If you get a craving in the evening then just accept it’s the “wine witch” but she can no longer control you. Grab an AF drink or go out for a walk… Play the movie forward – if you get the urge to drink then just think it through – do you really want to keep going back to Day 1 – again and again Visualise those 2 paths – the first six months of sobriety are tough so you need to work hard to stay on track – you have to move from a place of instant gratification to a place where you can focus on long term – and life changing goals… Tool 6 – INFORMATION IS POWER! If we want to take back our power then we must educate ourselves about the harm alcohol can do The information is out there and just a quick google search will connect you with scientific research proving that alcohol is linked to 7 different types of cancer and more than 60 diseases. You need to treat it as a research project. Begin your journey by reading the Naked Mind by Annie Grace who will show you just how the alcohol marketing industry creates the powerful limiting beliefs that we hold in our subconscious. There are so many books relating to alcohol and sobriety these days that there is a whole category called QuitLit these days… If you’d like a QuitLit Reading list just email [email protected] Check out the rest of the Tribe Sober podcast episodes for recovery stories and expert advice.TOOL 7 – BE ACCOUNTABLE As we say in our battleplan you need to set Anchor Points for this journey – just as a sailing boat might drift off its course make sure you are taking specific actions to staying accountable and on track… An annual tracker is an essential tool – colour in each day as an alcohol free day in the morning to set the intention… keep our eye on the big picture – even if you do have a slip up just mark it on your tracker and get right back on the sober bu