If you think you should stop, you’re right.
Drinking too much and losing some of your self-control is never a good thing. Recognizing this and taking steps to stop drinking is a difficult decision but a very smart move. The first thing to realize is you do not have to do it all at once, cold turkey for stopping most habits hardly ever works. Our Mindhealth program Stop Drinking can help you curb and then stop your alcohol intake. Understand why you drink. When someone is honest with themselves about their drinking, the source reason is usually a stressor of some type. Read more about this in our Stress Management Article.
Think about why you want to stop alcohol use. Has it had a bad enough impact on your life that you finally realize it’s a huge negative? Or maybe you see that you need better health, better relationships and more control. Any or all of these are enough to propel you to success. To be honest, stopping any addiction is not easy. But we can help. Get support from your inner mind to reinforce that you are always right in quitting. And get other help to at least talk to people about. Such as family, friends or alcohol meetings. Maybe you can find someone who wants to curb drinking with you! Resources for alcohol help.
Drinking is an addiction that has both physical and mental factors. It is also a habit. So stick to your goals to quit. Despite the ideas of cold turkey stopping, most attempts like that fail. It will probably take several runs at it to finally succeed. You may have failures, but your goal is worthwhile. If you feel shameful from your history of drinking, we have a hypnosis program for shame.
