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The bigger picture

We are here because we want this year to be different to previous years. And chances are, we already have some hopes and misgivings about the season. But instead of merely surviving, we’re here because we want to thrive and revive.

You might have already put a lot of work into changing your drinking, so the last thing you want to do is waste that effort. All that discomfort you battled and overcame just isn’t worth overlooking for the sake of a few drinks over the holiday season. And whether or not you have already started changing your drinking, you probably already know there is rarely such a thing as just a few drinks over the holiday season!

So you need to create a picture of the holidays you want this year. So let’s start by looking backwards at previous years. 

Mindset coach Elaine Benson reflected on what Christmas used to look like for her in an interview with Club Soda founder Laura Willoughby:

“There was a tipping point for me. I had a particularly big night out for my work Christmas party a year ago. Two days later we travelled five hours up the coast for our Christmas holiday… I was hungover, as was my ex. I had a panic attack in the car, I couldn’t breathe, couldn’t stop crying and shaking and my son was just sitting there watching. I thought ‘I did this, this is self inflicted’… I was just saying to the universe ‘please just make this stop and I promise I’ll never drink again’.”

Looking back and seeing what you want to change is really important. But not all your memories will be bad.