Mindful Drinking: 5 POWERFUL Tips To Help You Drink Less Alcohol

Today I'm going to show you how you can practice drinking more mindfully in 2022.

Here's a quick overview of what you'll learn in this video:

The first part will be all about understanding what mindful drinking is, and why it's NOT the same as quitting drinking altogether. Sobriety, mindful drinking and sober curiosity are very different practices.

Next I'll jump into some really actionable tips that you can apply immediately to help you become more of a mindful drinker.

These tips are all backed by behavioral habit psychology, backed by experts!

Finally, you'll get access to some real tools that you can use to help you be more mindful with your drinking.

Not only will you learn what mindful drinking is, but you'll gain real and helpful tips to actually apply in your own life.

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[abbymathews]

I have been cutting back by pausing to drink water in between drinks. This helps me feel better the next day

[LowKeyDee]

My biggest thing is never to drink alone only socially. That cut my drinking from a daily thing to something I do every few weeks or on vacation. Trying to quit completely only made me think about alcohol 10 times more all day long

[octavianmarian]

I usually try non alcoholic alternatives and it helps a lot with the cravings

[IanAndersen]

I've been working on reducing my own alcohol, but didn't want to quit. So this is really interesting. I also found that talking to a friend about my personal goals was helpful. 😄

[hannahwhite]

I find alternating with water to be incredibly helpful. Does wonders to prevent a hangover!

[ryankelly]

I am not an alcoholic as such, but tend to binge drink an awful lot in one sitting (double the average) as I cannot stop once I have one drink. Is this a form of alcoholic?

[lisajoslyn]

Signed up yesterday and have been wanting something like this for a while. I enjoy drinking my wine but in social situations I tend to over do it. Hope this helps. 🤞

[robinfoster]

I joined AA. It made me uncomfortable. Normally, I drink relatively moderately. I binge during alone time without work and structure or during holidays, absences due to vacation as I have cptsd . I recognized this pattern and noticed that's the only criteria for serious binges. Now I buy 1 16 oz beer at a time. If I catch myself doing more than skimming a 2nd one, I dump it out and have to pay for the waste. 1.5-2 drinks is enough for me and not enough to persecute me for the rest of my life.

As a note, the sobriety programs really terrified me. They also don't excuse trauma related binges to black out to pain or replays of abuse in the back of my mind but I **do**. I couldn't understand not feeling sorry for myself.

I've already had enough tough love ❤ and black and white thinking. I am a gray thinker and not a perfectionist and excuse these excuses as ok.

Dumping out the rest seems to be working. It's a workaround for me that works so far. Now that's I've identified it, I'm consciously aware of my "illness", the devastating effects of a binge and isolation and never want the situation repeated. I've lost jobs I loved, ridden in ER vehicles, parted with beautiful pets I love, had schizophrenic type outbursts... at that, I will not go completely dry as I think it is a fundamentalist life with too much change in thought patterns, lifestyle and it caused more grief and disillusionment leading to another binge. People don't change overnight without shock and disabling confusion.

Everyone is different. Being mindful & aware is working better for me as I don't function in other situations.

[fabricemayrand]

Joining groups that hold me accountable has been helping a lot!

[wooyij]

I only drink on special occasion, like date night. And I like 2.5% beer. Moderation is good.

[leigh]

Drink only twice a week or less - no more than 5 drinks in a single day.
I love drinking with friends so didnt want to quit.
But was using alcohol for bad/tired days and I felt like I was slipping into bad habits (plus financial and health cost of drinking too often).
Balance is key for me.

[TonyRome]

I just quit drinking 8 1/2 years ago; nothing to think about.

[nikitaw]

Alcohol in aus so expensive now. Lots of other things could buy with that money.

[boldone]

I can see by you arms that you have found a way to direct your funds that you used to spend on liquor to something permanent and makes a real statment. This is forever.

[SuperTerminator]

Firstly You clearly mean well, and some of your ideas are Good and make sense!!, ..but ever telling a Problem drinker that they can EVER moderate there drinking long term truly is absolute NONSENSE!!, you are giving people FALSE hope, and an IMPOSSIBLE dream!!...you are attempting to make a business, so in essence you are selling a LIE...

[cairoamani]

I'm trying to only drink socially so having an alternative for when i'm home alone has been 🤌🏾