Are you tired of feeling stuck?
How many times a day to you get down on yourself?
When you think about all the things you did to yourself or those in your life in active addiction.
Fuck!! I have too many stories to count. You?
And by down on yourself I mean… you say things to yourself that you would never say to your worst enemy.
I was guilty of this for years! I lived many years of my life through guilt, shame and even self-sabotage. Carrying old traumas from my past, and never being able to let go of the past.
It’s that constant inner dialogue or inner critic that’s the worst.
Or, as I like to say… Our ego.
Our ego is not our amigo. LOL!
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As a human being living in today’s world, you have likely experienced body image issues before. Unfortunately, society has minimized the value of feeling good in our bodies as second only to “looking good.” We’re comparing ourselves to others all day long, through real world interactions as well as the fake filters technology floods us with.
If you’re having body image issues, I highly recommend adding some sort of movement into your daily routine. By learning to move in our bodies, we learn to feel them and ultimately connect with them better. I always try to focus on – our body is our temple. We must love and nurture it and it will love and nurture us back. Let’s look at why yoga is such a wonderful movement practice to help you resolve body image issues and feel more confident and sexier in your skin.
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Many people describe feelings of depression around the time when their drinking habits became unhealthy. Others share that they’ve used alcohol to help relieve depression, but it actually made it worse. There’s a cycle at play here: depression is a common driver of unhealthy drinking habits, and alcohol often intensifies depression.
Research indicates that depending on the severity of one’s alcohol use, people with alcohol use disorder are up to four times as likely to have experienced a major depressive episode in the past year, compared with people who do not have an alcohol use disorder.
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Looking to meet new people in early sobriety? I know, it sounds weird and uncomfortable. I get it, but it doesn’t half to be. And once you start to surround yourself with like minded people on the same journey as you, you’ll see life is actually a lot of fun without drugs or alcohol.
I can tell you that you won't miss the disgusting hangovers, wondering if you made a fool of yourself, did you pay your tab, how did you get home, where's your car, your phone, your wallet, or wait for it..... the good ol' blackout. Can you feel me?
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Am I an alcoholic? Have you ever asked yourself that question? If so, you're definitely not alone. Not everyone has to hit a rock bottom before they stop drinking. In todays society they glamorize alcohol. They make it look sexy and cool, but in reality all we are doing is putting poison in our bodies. There is nothing sexy about having chronic hangovers, being dehydrated all the time, lack of sleep, and stripped of our joy. I used to drink to decompress from my day. To relieve my anxiety. But all I was actually doing is making my anxiety worse, as well as my depression.
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