Fighting the urge to drink alcohol is exhausting. And exhaustion leads to drinking.

In this episode, we chat with Mary, DeeAnn, and Billie about how to curb alcohol cravings. Whether you're working your way through Dry January and it's turning out to be tougher than you thought, or you're just starting out on a life long sober journey, we're armed with the tools and mindset shifts you need to get through the cravings and urges, take back your power, and gain the strength you need to keep moving forward.

In this episode:

• Changing patterns and disrupting old routines
• Medically Assisted Treatment (MAT) including Naltrexone
• Finding a therapist to overcome trauma that causes cravings
• Learn to ride the roller coaster without fighting it
• Cravings are signals and information about unmet needs
• Find someone to talk to about the urges
• Shifting to a healing mindset
• Understanding the physiological and mental effects of alcohol and withdrawal
• Take the option to drink away
• Building sober muscles - gaining strength from each craving
• Learning to change your language to create empowerment
• Changing the associate with certain activties and alcohol
• The "Alcohol Monster" tool for making cravings feel empowering

Looking for more tools to fight cravings? Check out these other podcast episodes to support your sobriety!

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DeAnn is a human in recovery for just under 5 years. She has a non-profit committed to advocacy for those struggling with substance use disorder. Her podcast, Show Up and Stay, focuses on the space between recovering from a substance and starting the steps to healing your life. She also has a special project underway: Sober Positive Workplace, which focuses on helping organizations normalize recovery and substance-free individuals in our workplaces and other shared spaces. DeAnn is currently working on her Masters with Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School of Addiction Studies and is especially focused on integrated recovery options and counseling services inclusive of resources for co-occurring disorders.

Sober Positive Workplace showcase page on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/96108017/admin/feed/posts/

https://www.instagram.com/showupandstayorg

https://www.linkedin.com/in/deann-knighton2079

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Billie hails from the great state of Oregon in the greater Pacific Northwest. After a career in law enforcement, she now works as a professional elder justice subject matter expert, as well as an instructor in Oregon’s law enforcement academy. She is also a domestic violence advocate for her local police department and meets with survivors of intimate partner violence to provide resources and safety planning options. Billie continues her advocacy by being involved in her states suicide prevention and awareness programs and facilitates her local chapter of a suicide bereavement group for families who have lost their loved ones to suicide. She is wife, mom to two wonderful kids and an avid dog lover.

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