Do any of these sound familiar….?
- Not being able to stop after 1 or 2
- Drinking more than intended despite promising yourself (or others) you wouldn't
- Drinking by yourself
- Blacking out on occasion
- Anxiety & fear about drinking more than you’d like to at an upcoming event
- Asking Google things like:
- "do I drink too much?"
- "how much alcohol is too much?"
- "am I an alcoholic?"
- "what is an alcoholic?"
- Feeling embarrassed or ashamed (bit of both) about things you did while drinking
- Deciding to quit drinking in the morning, only to pour yourself a drink by 5pm that night
- Not knowing how to deal with a stressful day at work, celebrations, bad news, good news, or anything in between without a drink
- Feeling like life is kind of underwhelming & not really knowing why
- Promising yourself you’ll just have this one glass of wine or one beer, only to finish the whole bottle/6-pack/12-pack
- Hangovers that last days, or rarely having a stereotypical hangover but feeling an overall fog about yourself
- Feeling immense guilt, self-disappointment, even self-disgust about alcohol
- Talking about all kinds of things you want to do, but never actually doing them
- Feeling unmotivated & a lack of energy without knowing why
- Trying to only drink on weekends, and finding that makes the week feel slothly slow
- The thought of quitting drinking feels like an impossible task & incredibly boring, and something only people with 'big' problems need to do
- You feel bad/sorry for people who've quit drinking - but also maybe a little jealous
I've been there. I understand. And I'm here to tell you - you don't have to feel that way anymore.
If you're interested in knowing more - there's a self-assessment below. See where you land. Then contact me for more information on the results, & what we can do about it.