by Jolene Park | Feb 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
Have you ever stopped drinking for a couple of weeks or months and then fallen off the wagon, beaten yourself up, and wondered why you can’t stick with it? Or, have you stopped drinking, but use other addictive substances or behaviors in place of alcohol? One or more...
by Jolene Park | Feb 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
It was a Sunday. I didn’t know the day before would be my last day of drinking, but it was. I felt sick until Tuesday and I knew I was done with alcohol forever. I had been through too many drinking stops and restarts and I knew I had come to the end of my drinking...
by Jolene Park | Feb 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
Giving up alcohol is not a guarantee or protection against hurt, pain, discomfort, anger, grief, feeling rage etc. Expect those feelings. Expect that life will continue to happen after you quit drinking and it can be/feel really hard at times. It can also be/feel...
by Jolene Park | Feb 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
One drink is defined as: —5 ounces of wine. —1.5 ounce of liquor (shot). —12 ounces of beer. Clients say this to me all the time, “I don’t really drink that much, one or two glasses most days.” The reason it’s gray is we collectively agreed a long time ago that...
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