How are members doing working the program.

Too many people wait until the fall to tackle problem drinking. I encourage you to be the exception. Become your healthiest, happiest, and fittest self while you can still hit the beach. Coach Tana and I are sitting down for a LIVE conversation, this coming Wednesday (July 1st) at 12:30 PM EST. I'll paste the link into the calendar section here soon. Keep an eye on this group so you don't miss it! We'll get into what actually moves the needle on getting alcohol out of the way of your life. To your health & freedom, Chris

This is what I use for each morning before I do anything else. It definitely helps to start my day out right.

I said I was going to try to share the journal pages I made for myself when I was trying to discover what my cravings really meant, what my triggers were, and when my nervous system was chaos, what emotions I was discovering. The second page I used when my brain and anxiety were bouncing all over the place and I couldn’t pinpoint what I was feeling or thinking. It was just the ramblings of a crazy person, lol, but it helped remove it from being contained in my body. I tried to attach it so it can be printed. I’m not quite sure how to upload it here as a digital fillable PDF but I liked having mine printed. There is something effective for me about the brain’s connection to what I’m physically writing rather than typing. Hope it’s helpful to someone!!

I post a lot of the good stuff here - it’s always awesome to see the progress, to get out of the fog and feel alive again….but some days are still harder than others. The last 2 days I’ve had really strong cravings. Not for any other reason than the massive amount of stress I’ve had dumped on me at work the last 3 weeks. Stress is real but stress management is what’s important and I do pretty well for the most part. I’m strong, I’ve got a lot of grit, and I don’t get my feelings hurts by almost anyone but….I am a manager in a male dominated field. Have been for a really long time, it’s not new to me. This “team,” however, is new to me and I’ve never known so many man-babies to exist in one room. They’re known in for their toxic atmosphere, for running off managers…I won’t be run off, but their habitual “anonymous” reporting to HR and being investigated just gets old no matter who you are. Of course the claims have all been unfounded and I knew they would be, but it’s still the idea of being in a room where you never know who is going to smile to your face and turn on you behind your back. I hope after this last go-round, these guys start to straighten up. I haven’t caved, I got an iced vanilla latte with an extra shot of espresso instead, lol, and enough club soda to keep the company in business, but the craving to just numb it is still definitely there. Even this morning. I’m going to go and get some sunshine and do something productive in my wood shop, maybe mow. I won’t lie, I hate yard work 😂. It might have something to do with the fact I thought I had to be miss-I-can-do-it-by-myself and buy a country house on 5 acres. Lol. I do have horses on about half of it so that helps a smidge. Going to get through another day until the craving goes away. 💪🏽 I like to pinpoint my cravings now, so I can talk myself through what I ACTUALLY need. No, I don’t need beer to numb the fact that I’m feeling stressed and pressure from some boys who don’t like following policies and procedures. No way am I going to let people who don’t truly matter to me at the end of the day cause me to mess up my personal goals - they aren’t worth the spiral.