Are you tired? Have you stopped to question whether you're physically tired or emotionally tired? You'll need a different type of rest for physical tiredness than you will for emotional tiredness - listen in to see what Sarah thinks!

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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 less doesn't need to be stressful, lonely or boring.

I'm your host, Sarah Williamson, and I decided to have a year alcohol free as a little life experiment and haven't looked back.

With my experience and training, I now help other people with their 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 less live better.com.

I'm here to tell you that you can relax, connect, and have fun without alcohol in your life.

Join me here each week to find out how.

I was away last weekend, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, on an expedition with 87 15 16 year olds.

I share the load with a dedicated team of professionals who are trained and experienced in outdoor education, staying calm

in stressful situations, and the needs of young people. We love what we do.

We happily share our love of the outdoors, teach navigation skills, demonstrate camping techniques, and model excellent teamwork.

But I was knackered by Monday night.

On Monday, when I got home, my son had some homework to do, which he was finding particularly hard.

Instead of getting on with it, he kept getting distracted on Instagram.

To cut a long, tedious, and slightly horrific story short, I lost my temper with him, and he threw his iPad off the table. Oh, what a joy.

We both shouted at each other and both felt dreadful afterwards.

Meanwhile, my other son was supposed to be in the shower and has actually locked himself in the bathroom and was watching

YouTube clips of people playing mine phone.

At

phone. At this point in proceedings, I had made disappear 2 phones, 2 iPads, an Xbox controller, and my sanity. I was so cross.

As I was about to go and hide, I realized the TV had been turned on and YouTube had been resurrected on a different screen.

I turned the Wi Fi off at this stage and then went up to my room.

I found a large packet of chocolate peanut m and m's hidden since mother's day, sat on my bed and ate the lot.

I'm very conscious of my emotional eating patterns and so I managed to feel both calmed by the chocolate and also horrific at the same time.

Quite an achievement, I'm sure you'll agree.

I then read a chapter of my book.

My husband was out for the evening so I was freestyling my parenting.

Mr w and I are usually a very compatible parenting duo.

We can see when each other are reaching points that are bound not to be helpful or useful with the boys.

And a moment like the one I had just experienced would normally have been seen off because mister w w would probably have

found a perfect distraction technique in the heated moment.

Hats off to all solo parents everywhere, every damn day.

So I'm upstairs reading and scoffing chocolate. The boys have no screens.

I do not have a glass of wine to turn to.

The glass that said, God, you've survived a tough 3 days with 87 teenagers in tow.

The glass that said holy cow parenting is bloody hard work sometimes.

The glass that said you deserve this. The glass that said, relax. Take a load off. You need some me time.

The glass that said, you are knackered. Drink me. I'll make you feel better.

You see, the answer to tired is never alcohol. The answer to tired is rest. But wait, let's get specific here.

Let's question: are you physically tired, Or are you emotionally tired? Maybe you're both. Well, I was both.

I needed to read a book for an emotional break from my thoughts, and I needed to sit down by myself as a physical rest.

Next time someone says to you, 'I need a drink', when they are tired, run through in your own mind. 'I need a drink? No, I don't.

Let's see, what do I really need? Perhaps I need a lie down.

Perhaps I need a head clearing walk.

Perhaps I need to do a meditation, or I need a long bath, maybe I need to talk to a friend, or perhaps what I really need is a cuddle.

You don't need wine when you're tired. It's a depressant. You do need something else.

Think about it, identify it, and then take the action.

You are so much better than alcohol when you're tired.

One last idea for when you're tired: perhaps treat yourself to a fabulous restorative retreat weekend.

The drink less, live better retreat will be taking place early in 2023, and bookings are now open.

DM me or drop me an email for all of the details.

I would love to see you there. Thank you for listening. Please come back again next week. I'll be here once again. And, PS, I believe in you.