Tag: drinking

“Nothing for me please.” Don’t let your decision to cut back or quit drinking make you feel like you can’t join in and enjoy a nice drink with someone special, to celebrate an occasion or to indulge in after a long day. Thankfully, we are living during a time in history where there are some

June 17, 2018. The day that would change my life forever. I started drinking at the young age of 14, and I fell in love with being drunk. It made life fun and entertaining, and turned me into a more sociable and likeable person. It helped ease my nerves in a social environment and made

The NIAAA defines a binge drinker as someone who consumes more than five standard drinks in one sitting. If every Australian was asked to put their hand up if they know someone who has had this many drinks on a weekend (or if they do themselves), it would probably look like a national Mexican wave.

One interesting thing to consider when looking at human behaviour is the idea of the vicious or virtuous cycle. Certain things in our life roll over onto others, and before long we find ourselves in either a positive or negative feedback loop. How can you recognise this cycle? Looking at human behaviour, we can see

My relationship with alcohol started out of peer group pressure, as so many things do when we’re in high school. To me, drinking wasn’t as bad as, say, smoking weed, because it wasn’t illegal. It was naughty, but not the end of the world and every dad has fun giving his son a first sip

One of the aims of a practice like yoga and meditation is to be able to slow down, calm the mind and to feel whatever arises for you. It is important to have a way to connect back in with yourself, and that may be scary for some people. For those who have an unhealthy