How to Stop Overdrinking
Many people want to drink less, but can’t seem to. Here’s a way to help yourself do that by looking at why you drink and the consequences. It’s always good to have a choice over the habits in your life whether its drinking, food, or other substances. “Keep imagining overcoming and you'll get to a place where you're not even interested in the urge.” - Mary Sue Rabe It is but good to know the truth about overdrinking before you bring yourself fully down the drain of nothingness and despair. Give yourself a new lease at life. You deserve it. In this episode, Mary Sue shares her own experience of alcoholism, what she’s done for herself for the love of her two children. Learn how she went through a process of fully liberating herself from the bondage of alcoholism. What you will learn from this episode: Discover about an effective process of breaking free from alcohol addiction Learn about Mary’s own journey of winning over alcoholism and be inspired to do the same if you want to Find out a movie that informs and educates about alcoholism’s progression and it’s damaging effects to yourself and the people who matter to you Link to a Free Resource: Stand There and Look Pretty Darlin’ by Mary Sue Rabe Topics Covered: 00:31 - Research have it that there actually is a point of no return for those who drink. This led to her awakening. 02:52 - The movie called ‘The Morning After’ depicts the progression of alcoholism. This is the movie to watch if you want to know how people lose away with alcoholism. 04:49 - A challenge for you to observe yourself and see if you can go 72 hours without drinking. Observe yourself about how you are feeling physically, mentally, and emotionally. 06:53 - Try to give in to the urge by not acting on it but by imagining it until it doesn’t look good anymore. 07:15 - The power of journaling for your healing 09:09 - Benefits of doing the process of journaling and imagining the urge to drink 10:22 - Relating her own journey of breaking free from alcohol addiction Key Takeaways: “It really doesn't matter if your family leaves you if you lose your job, nothing is more important than drinking. And those are the people who end up basically homeless and not identifiable and ended up being those particular cadavers.” - Mary Sue Rabe “Alcoholism is a progressive disease that continues to get worse. And people lose things along the way. And this movie, The Morning After, really shows that. So if you ever are interested in seeing how alcoholism works, this is the movie to watch because it really does show the progression.” - Mary Sue Rabe “Keep imagining overcoming and you'll get to a place where you're not even interested in the urge.” - Mary Sue Rabe “Instead of thinking about drinking, because I realized that when I was thinking about drinking, nothing positive was going to come from that. Whereas if I thought about something fun or improving something, it was uplifting.” - Mary Sue Rabe Connect with Mary Sue Rabe: https://marysuerabe.com https://womenhealingtheworld.com Book: Stand There and Look Pretty Darlin'