Not Drinking Tonight: A Guide to Creating a Sober Life You Love

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Overall, this book is a short overview of the science behind drinking, actionable steps to quitting drinking, and ways to enrich your social life if you are afraid that being sober is lame and boring (surprise: it's not).

Not Drinking Tonight is full of relatable client stories and practical tools you can begin integrating immediately. In fact, huge chunks of the book don’t mention alcohol at all, which should not come as a surprise to anyone who views the project of sobriety as realizing yourself as a whole person.

Judgement-free and relatable, Amanda helps you unpack your relationship with alcohol by showing you how to: - Find out why you drink. I mean, the amount of restriction in that and paint Yeah, just emotional and physical pain is so high. It doesn’t necessarily compare to someone who’s you know, like detoxing, it doesn’t seem like a big problem.

Amanda's book is a resource that I know I will use for both myself and my clients for years to come- an absolute gift.Sometimes her chapters on these topics felt disconnected from the alcohol conversation and (maybe because it wasn’t new info for me) I became pretty unengaged with the content. The actionable worksheets in this workbook are wonderful tools that I use in session and that my clients work on at home.

Yeah, and I think one of the coolest things about it too, is I used to be like, Well, I don’t want to stop drinking because that’s so restrictive. And if you join in the next two days before Saturday, January 8, you can get in on a live bonus kickoff for the course on Sunday, January 9, it’s going to be the perfect time to launch all of your 2022 intentions to get more support and to take a concrete step in a new direction. Due to being a therapist myself, I found a lot of the information in Not Drinking Tonight redundant. The author is a therapist and addresses alcohol use (and the reason for alcohol use) from a relatively holistic perspective - trauma, the nervous system, societal norms, etc. I brought her on today because she’s the author of the new book, not drinking tonight, a guide to creating a sober life you love, which just came out.This book is an extremely handy, practical, user friendly guide to a healthy, balanced life—whether you drink or not. It's also a look into trauma, diet culture, and other societal conditioning through the lens of a relatable, thoughtful, and kind therapist. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH).

With its accessible harm reduction approach, not only does this workbook provide tools that help with making better choices, but many of the worksheets and exercises go beyond just drinking and facilitate overall well-being. Not Drinking Tonight | Create A Sober Life You Love What do you do when you realize 1) alcohol is making your life worse and 2) moderating is not working? And she’s also the founder of the group practice therapy for Women’s Center located in Philadelphia with therapists across the country. In our conversation, you’ll learn so much about drinking, not drinking, how to figure out whether your relationship with alcohol is working for you and when to take a break.I’m adding a bunch of bonus episodes to the mix and if you’re not subscribed there’s a good chance you’ll miss out on those.