One of my favorite sayings is, "CHOOSE YOUR HARD" because you have the choice of whether you want to make your life harder than it needs to be.

Most of the time, we think drinking makes it easier for us to get through life or motherhood but does it really?

Is waking up with a hangover and having to take care of the kids all day worth those 30 minutes of relief?

Is the crippling anxiety the next day worth the 30 minutes of relief that you were looking for to make your anxiety better at the moment?

Is the constant negative self-talk and how you just can't do it worth it for those 30 minutes of relief?

No, it's absolutely not, but we think it is. We look for that immediate reward because that's what we've always done. We've always gone to alcohol to relieve whatever life has thrown our way, and it can be uncomfortable and hard to unlearn that pattern and rewire a new one.

But at least when you're working on ditching alcohol, there's a reward waiting for you on the other side that no amount of alcohol could provide. And that is the sense of accomplishment and pride in yourself. Making it through situations where you never thought you could before is a natural high that beats those first few sips of alcohol any day.

There's no reward for continuing on this drinking path. Absolutely none. You just get deeper and deeper into a hole that makes you hate yourself, and you will eventually become dependent on it where you need it to survive.

Stop yourself before it gets to that point. I know if you're reading this, you want to stop, so choose your damn hard before you don't have a choice.

Are you done with the excuses you keep telling yourself that it's just too hard to stop drinking?

Join us for the Dry July - 31 Day Sober Curious Challenge starting July 1st! I'm not asking you to quit drinking forever. What is forever anyway? I'm asking you to take a break for 31 days and reassess your relationship with alcohol.

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