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Hello darling heart and welcome to the Drink Less Live Better podcast. This is the podcast that helps you to see that drinking
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less doesn't need to be stressful, lonely, or boring. I'm your host, Sarah Williamson, and I decided to have a year alcohol
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free as a little life experiment and haven't looked back. With my experience in training, I now help other women with their
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alcohol free or drink less adventures. You can find out more about me and sign up to my 5 day drink less challenge at drink
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less livebetter.com. I'm here to tell you that you can relax, connect and have fun without alcohol in your life. Join me here
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each week to find out how. You are not broken. What's going on for you right now? Are you committed to and loving your alcohol
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free life? Are you making some baby steps towards the sober lifestyle you know is within your reach? Are you in a process
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of learning, practising and perfecting the tools that are going to move you in the right direction soon. Whether you are sober
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one day, 1 week, 1 month, 1 year or more, congratulations. You are here doing something, and that is because you are aware
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and conscious that you want different for yourself. That's good news, great news. Are you feeling positive, motivated and
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joyful, or are you feeling a little bit broken by it all? Well, I'm here to tell you you're not broken. You absolutely are
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not. Alcohol may well have been a challenge for you to stop drinking, but that is because alcohol is an addictive substance
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and not because you are in any way failing. You might feel exhausted by the merry-go-round of I'm going to stop drinking swiftly,
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followed by just one won't hurt, or you might feel frustrated that other people can choose to stop and, you know, just stop,
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or you might feel angry because this isn't fair, and I hear you. Exhausted, frustrated and angry are all valid feelings as
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part of the process, but I'll say it again you are not broken. You may feel a bit battered and bruised, a bit like you're
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stuck in Groundhog Day, or like no one else understands. The work that you are doing to break free from the cycle that you've
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been in is so important. The breaking is in the cycle, not you. You you are strong. You have bought awareness to something
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and some feeling you no longer want in your life, and you are moving in the right direction. If you don't feel strong enough
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now, don't worry. You will find the strength. Keep following positive people who inspire you. Listen to the podcasts. Read
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the books. Do the work. You are going to rise. You are going to feel all the feelings and emotions on the way. You are going
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to come out the other side, and when you do, you will see then, if you cannot see it now, that you weren't broken, you never
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were. You were just gathering your strength to be able to move on to the next most precious part of your life. If you cannot
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see it for yourself now, know that others can. And, oh, yes. PS. I believe in you.