Does Drinking Alcohol with Intention Actually Work?
Drinking with intention has become a newer movement in the past few years, with many understanding that drinking on autopilot and out of habit isn’t providing them with any health benefits.
In fact, many are realizing that habitual drinking often contributes to poor sleep, heightened anxiety, digestive issues, and depression.
Although mindful drinking practices create a new sense of self-awareness, helping individuals become more accountable, the question is, does drinking with intention actually work? Or is it just another excuse to glorify alcohol?
The Unexpected Benefit of Cutting Down on Alcohol
I was off work early last night and felt the urge to pick up a bottle of wine; after looking at my drinking app, which I use to calculate my alcohol consumption throughout the month, I decided against it.
Instead, I reminded myself why I started tracking my drinking in the first place—to be more mindful of my choices and how they impact my health and well-being.
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Is drinking Alcohol Beneficial to Your Lifestyle—Sober Curious
You may not have noticed yet, but there’s been a shift—fewer people are turning to alcohol as a means of escape.
The sober curious movement is gaining momentum, becoming a powerful cultural shift.
More people are realizing that drinking or regularly using substances often creates more distress than relief in their lives.
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Are You Drinking Out of Habit?
Most people who drink have been drinking for an extended period. It probably started in the early twenties, if not sooner. If you grew up in the ’90s as a teenager, it was quite common to indulge in alcohol at an early age.
I remember my friend and I drinking straight cheap vodka behind our junior high school in 1994, the same year Kurt Cobain committed suicide.
The grunge era brought out the rebellious teenager in many of us. If you were growing up in a toxic environment, alcohol and drugs often became the exact escape you needed to numb the pain or fit into the scene.
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Why You Should Take a Break From Alcohol
The most transformative experience I had in my late thirties when it came to drinking was deciding to stop for an extended period—3.5 months, to be exact.
The first couple of weeks, I struggled because my body was going through a detox.
At the time, I thought my alcohol consumption wasn’t excessive—I was casually drinking once or twice a week, but constantly putting a toxic poison into my body had a profound effect on my health.
That’s because I had been drinking alcohol since I was sixteen, and by the time I hit my twenties, I was a full-blown party girl hitting the underground rave scene.
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