You Are Not Your Alcohol Thoughts
A drinking thought can turn up automatically and sound exactly like us. Its appearance tells us what our brain has practised. It doesn’t tell us what we truly want or what we have to do next.
Mental Mechanics
The inner workings of our drinking habit. Mental patterns that guide how we think, feel, and act around alcohol.
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The Subconscious Trap: Why We Keep Drinking When We Don’t Want To
We can make a sincere decision to stop in the morning and drink again that evening because much of our drinking has become automatic. Familiar cues, beliefs and physical discomfort can act before we slow down and question them.
Choosing Sobriety: The Tale of Two Wolves
The two-wolves story gives us a simple picture of what repeated attention can do. The thoughts, beliefs and actions we keep feeding become easier to return to, but neither side makes us good or bad.