I don't know who needs to hear this, but alcohol will not give you the real rest you're so desperately craving.

I hear this all the time from my 1:1 clients and 60 Day Alcohol-Free Challenge participants. They turn to alcohol when they're tired.

Have y'all heard of HALT? Hungry. Angry. Lonely. Tired. There's a reason why it's used in the recovery space. These are the four primary triggers. So if you have a craving, then ask yourself. Am I hungry? If yes, have a snack. Am I angry? Let that energy out. Punch a pillow. Scream. Take some deep breathes. Am I lonely? If yes, reach out to a friend or someone in the sober community. Am I tired? If yes, and you can take a nap, then do it. If not, then do something where you can relax without having to use much energy.

Give yourself a break and the real rest you deserve. Don't go to alcohol, which will only interrupt your REM sleep and may give you a boost of energy in the beginning but will make you even more tired in the end. And you're not going to recharge the way that you'd be able to without alcohol. Seriously try it. Compare the rest you'd get with alcohol and the rest you'd get without. The rest without alcohol beats with ANY DAY.

We discuss HALT and so much more in the Confidently Be Alcohol-Free - 60 Day Challenge. The next round of my (@sobermomcoach) signature 60 Day Alcohol-Free Challenge opens up for registration soon. To be the first to know when doors re-open so you can grab that extra bonus for the first few who sign up, then get on that waitlist by clicking here!

This week I'll be "resting" more than normal due to my son's Spring Break. Still doing work but at half capacity. For someone with the all-or-nothing mentality, this type of balance can still be challenging for me, but I'm a continual work in progress.

This is your permission slip to do the same. Rest. Recharge. Do whatever you need to. Don't feel pressured to be ON 24/7. And when I say ON, I mean on social media, on personality wise, and on as a mother. We all deserve a break. And that break doesn't include alcohol.

I hope everyone has an amazing alcohol-free day!

The only person who can take action to make the change is YOU. By Alyson Premo.

No person, or podcast, or quit lit book, or post about sobriety is going to magically change you. They can plant the seed and help you. But the only person who can take action to make the change is YOU.

Real talk.

✔️ I can post all the content for you.

✔️ I can share all the stories of my past experiences with alcohol and others' experiences.

✔️ I can give you all the tips, tools, and tricks on here and in the Confidently Be Alcohol-Free Challenge - 60 Day Challenge.

✔️ I can be your sounding board and listening ear.

✔️ I can ask powerful questions in 1:1 Coaching to guide you to the answers you have within yourself.

But at the end of the day, it's always up to you to take action and make the change. No one else can do that part for you. Trust me. There are days where I wish I could take the pain you're feeling away. Or use supernatural powers to make you not drink, but I can't, and no one else can either.

It's on YOU to do the work, implement the tools and strategies, and ultimately shift your mindset to thrive, not just survive without alcohol.

Maybe the first year of no alcohol, you're in survival mode. That's definitely how I felt. Anything to get by to the next day without drinking was my motto. But as the year mark passed, I knew that to fully thrive in my sobriety. I had to change my belief systems around alcohol and so many other areas of my life that I had been numbing out for so long. That was the hard part, but oh so f*cking worth it.

If you are done just surviving without alcohol and want to THRIVE. Then sign up on the waitlist for the 60 Day Alcohol-Free Challenge, enroll in the Detox Your Mind - Journaling Mini Course, or you can explore if 1:1 Coaching would be a good fit for you. Click the link in our bio for more information!

All my 1:1 spots are filled for the month of April, but if you are desperately craving a change in your relationship with alcohol, then message me (@sobermomcoach), and I can get you on the waitlist for when a spot opens up, or we can start you off with a single 1:1 session. I'm always willing to work with you to get you started somehow because that's the most important step. Starting.

Once you see the way Big Alcohol and their marketing tactics have duped you, you can't unsee it.

Once you see the way Big Alcohol and their marketing tactics have duped you, you can't unsee it.

I had a 1:1 conversation with a mother in the Confidently Be Alcohol-Free - 60 Day Challenge the other day, and this came out. She said it was like the veil had been lifted off, and once that comes off, it's so hard to unsee it.

That's the goal, right? To bring awareness to how alcohol is marketed, especially to mothers. The same thing happened back in the day with cigarettes. Holly Whitaker (@holly) talks about the advertising of alcohol in her book Quit Like A Woman. If you haven't read that one yet, put it on your list!

Anyway, a lot of us have these deep-rooted beliefs around alcohol.

👉🏻That it helps us relax.

👉🏻That it's what you have to celebrate.

👉🏻That it's not harmful because it's legal and everyone around us is drinking.

👉🏻That a glass of red wine a day is good for your health. (big eye roll there)

👉🏻That you can't have fun without it.

👉🏻That you have to have a problem with alcohol or be an alcoholic to stop drinking.

Where did these beliefs come from? Our parents, our friends, and society. And where did their beliefs come from? See what I'm getting at here. We follow certain beliefs because that's what everyone does or says to do without taking a deeper look into why.

Getting back to my original point, when you get to the why, and you see the marketing tactics that are used on us to consume a substance that kills more people per year than opiates, then your eyes have been opened, and you can't unsee it. This is a good place to be at because you're now aware of why you got trapped in this cycle longer than you wanted to.

We've been duped, mamas, and it's time to take our power back from those who were banking on us not to wake up.

You ready to take your power back, but you're stuck on the how? I have ONE spot open for the Bye, Bye Booze...Hello Freedom! - 30 Day 1:1 Coaching Program this program will hold you accountable while receiving the support and guidance needed to get to the other side of this battle you've been fighting with alcohol.

Message me (@sobermomcoach) to see if this would be a good fit for you. Hurry before the spot is gone!

Don't let your inner gremlin trick you into believing alcohol will help you relax. By Alyson Premo.

Don't let your inner gremlin trick you into believing alcohol will help you relax. 

Who else drank to “relax”? 🙋🏼‍♀️ I don’t know about you, but I drank to try and calm my mind. It worked for about 20 minutes, and then I became irritable and obnoxious. All my inhibitions would be gone, and I would keep chasing that first sip.

You know that sip I’m talking about, right? The sip where it touches your lips, and you feel a sense of peace throughout your entire body—that sip where all the worries in the world melt away.

Then fast forward hours later, and that one sip has turned into multiple glasses of wine or, in my case, the whole damn bottle. That calm feeling I was chasing has now been replaced with anger, embarrassment for things I shouldn’t have said or done, and anxiety that has my mind on overdrive.

It’s so insane that we drink to become calm, but it ends up doing the exact opposite of what we set out to do.

Every time you think you’re going to drink to alleviate the stress of the day, fast forward to how you’ll feel hours later, and for most of us, that isn’t going to be calm. Time to stop thinking about the instant gratification and start looking at how alcohol really makes you feel.

Are you tired of the same thought patterns running through your head, just like the calm narrative above? There’s a way out of that loop, but it takes patience and consistency. If consistency has been lacking on your journey, then I encourage you to check out the 30 Day 1:1 Coaching Program (Bye, Bye Booze...Hello, Freedom) to get you to a place where your thought pattern is disrupted, and we can create new healthy habits TOGETHER. I only have 2 spots available for April, so if you’re interested, message me (@sobermomcoach) to see if this would be a good fit for you. 

This will be the last month at the current price point. On May 1st, all my prices will be increasing due to the learning and growth I've invested into myself to lead to a greater transformation for YOU. 

All of that to say, if you've been on the fence in the past, then this is your sign to take that leap now before the current pricing disappears FOR GOOD. Message me (@sobermomcoach) for more details and any questions you may have!

#NAFD (not a f*cking drop) By Alyson Premo

Who is part of the not a f*cking drop club today?

The ladies in the March cohort of the Confidently Be Alcohol-Free - 60 Day Challenge came up with this, and it's bloody brilliant. Did I just say bloody? You Brits are rubbing off on me.

Anyway. each round of the challenge gets better and better, and I'm SO excited for the new round that kicked off yesterday!

The mothers already feel supported, seen, and heard. Truly that's all we want all this journey is for someone to say, "I understand."

If you missed the deadline to register for the challenge but still want to join, message me (@sobermomcoach), and I'll give you a link to register and get immediate access. I mean it, though, today is the absolute LAST DAY because the women are already forming connections.

This weekend I'll be taking a hiatus from social media to spend time with family for Easter weekend and attend to the ladies in the challenge and my 1:1 clients. This is your permission slip to do the same. Rest. Recharge. Do whatever you need to. Don't feel pressured to be ON 24/7. And when I say ON, I mean on social media, on personality wise, and on as a mother. We all deserve a break. And that break doesn't include alcohol.

I hope everyone has an amazing alcohol-free weekend!

Xo,

Alyson Premo

We, as mothers, don't get enough credit for all the generational healing we're doing.

We, as mothers, don't get enough credit for all the generational healing we're doing, so we don't pass that burden onto our kids.

I am so proud of all of us for doing the hard work. I know it's not easy to look back at our past. I know it's harder to actually deal with the issue instead of sweeping it under the rug like it doesn't exist.

Our parents (or at least mine) weren't brought up in a generation where feelings were normalized. The attitude of "big girls don't cry" and showing any type of negative emotion was a sign of weakness.

But times are changing. With that change comes a lot of healing that needs to be done on our end. It's not our fault for how we were raised because our parents didn't know any better, but it is our responsibility for our own healing. No one else can do that for us.

Think about this, though. You're not only breaking the generational pattern for your child but their children and then their children, and that mamas is how we change the world. It all starts with us. 

So while it may feel like a daunting task to bring up all that we've been suppressing for so long with alcohol, that is the only way out. I know it's cliche, but the saying "the only way out is through" couldn't be any more true. But once you've dealt with the root cause, then that's when alcohol becomes irrelevant in your life. And that mamas is absolute freedom.

Are you ready to FINALLY be free of the grips alcohol has on you? 

This is your chance to turn it around. Stop hesitating. Stop wondering, and just do the damn thing because I promise you you won't regret starting now, but you will regret starting later. 

Until 11:59 pm EDT TONIGHT, I"m offering an extra bonus on top of all the other bonuses that are included in the Confidently Be Alcohol-Free - 60 Day Challenge. A journal AND a copy of The Sober Lush for FREE!

You can never have too many tools for your alcohol-free toolbox, and this is just one of many that you'll be receiving in the challenge.

So are you done waiting and watching? I sure hope so!

Click here to get started before you're the next mother emailing me a year from now, wondering why you didn't start sooner!

P.S. Doors close TOMORROW at 11:59 pm EDT

Look at you, mama. Healing, growing and doing hard things you thought you could never do before.

Look at you, mama. Healing, growing and doing hard things that you thought you could never do before.

Do you realize what you're doing? Do you realize that you're going against the grain of what society tells you is the way to "get through" motherhood? Do you realize that you are stepping out of your comfort zone in order to give yourself and your kids a chance at a better life?

This isn't an easy thing to do. And minimizing your efforts is a disservice to yourself. I talk to so many moms who say, "I ONLY have 5 days of not drinking", or "not drinking shouldn't be celebrated because it's no big deal."

Um, no. We are done minimizing all the hard work we're doing. You have 5 days of not drinking that someone else is so desperately wanting to have. And not drinking in a society where alcohol is at the center of EVERYTHING is a big f*cking deal. Stop thinking it isn't because it is.

It's time to start celebrating and patting yourself on the back for...

🎉Making it through your first weekend without drinking

🎉Making it through your first social event without drinking

🎉Making it through your first holiday without drinking

🎉Telling a friend that you've taken a break from alcohol or that you've quit all together

🎉Declining an invite because you don't really want to go. You always just felt obligated to go.

🎉Having a difficult conversation with your significant other that you normally would've avoided.

See how these wins aren't just about alcohol?

It's not just about the alcohol, mamas. It's about the way you put yourself last on the list. It's the negative way you talked to yourself. And it's the way that you didn't want to express how you felt for fear of rocking the boat or rejection.

F*ck walking on eggshells and escaping by drinking so that you don't have to deal with hard issues.

Doesn't it feel amazing to do all these things that you thought you could never do before?

I'm ready to celebrate the f*ck out of you and all you will be accomplishing on this alcohol-free journey!

You coming? Click here to join 39 other mothers and me for the Confidently Be Alcohol-Free - 60 Day Challenge starting this week!

Are you drinking because you want to? Or....By Alyson Premo

Are you drinking because you want to?

OR

Are you drinking because you don't know any other way to cope and don't want to feel left out in a society where everything revolves around alcohol?

So what is it?

I can 99% guarantee that you're drinking not because you want to. I mean, no one wants to feel like death run over the morning after drinking. No one wants to wake up with racing thoughts and a racing heart. No one wants to destroy friendships, relationships, or their own life.

But we put ourselves in these situations over and over again because why? Are we a glutton for punishment?

Or do we just not know how to cope with a stressful day? Or do we not know how to celebrate without alcohol? Or do we succumb to peer pressure because we don't want others to think we have a "problem"? Or have we been brought up in an environment where everything revolves around alcohol, and it's perceived as the norm?

It's probably all of the above, right? We don't really WANT to drink a poison that increases your chances of cancer, can lead to an array of issues with your relationships, including the relationship with your kids, causes more anxiety and sadness, and ultimately leads to premature death. We don't want that. We want alcohol to escape or fit in.

Screw fitting in for the sake of my health. And there are much better and healthier ways to cope with the stresses of life and motherhood—no need for a glass of wine.

Ready to stop waking up with hangxiety and a boatload of guilt and regret? In my (@sobermomcaoch) signature program Confidently Be Alcohol-Free - 60 Day Challenge, I'm teaching you how to feel confident without alcohol, unlearn the habit that you've relied on for so long, and find healthy coping tools that will make your life so much better and easier than alcohol ever could.

Click here to get all the details and to reserve your spot!

Life will be filled with challenges, but I promise you can stay sober through all of them. By Alyson Premo.

Life will be filled with challenges, but I promise you can stay sober through all of them.

If the past year has taught us anything, it's that there will always be challenges in our lives. Those don't go away just because we get sober.

There will be people who pass away that we love. There will be break-ups. There will be friendships that fade away. There will be job losses. There will be all these things in life that we try to numb and run away from. But the thing is, you can't. At some point, you're going to have to deal with what is going on around you.

The grief, sadness, frustration, overwhelm, and anxiety doesn't just go away. Every time you suppress those feelings, you're bottling them up so that they will come back with fury later.

After you're done drowning yourself with booze, that's when all the feelings rise to the surface, and you're left dealing with things from childhood, a loss of a loved one, or whatever you were drinking to cope with in the first place.

Yes, I know it's uncomfortable and hard to deal with everything you're used to running from, but the new hard of facing the challenges head-on is way better than staying stuck in a cycle that only keeps making it harder. At least when we start dealing with things head-on, we can resolve them and let them go, so we no longer feel trapped in the endless cycle.

Challenges are a natural part of life, and it all depends on how you view them. Do you view them as an opportunity to learn and grow? Or do you view challenges as a way to use excuses for why you can't stay sober?

If you keep using the excuse that life is too hard now to stop drinking, then you're just prolonging the inevitable. Because life will always throw challenges our way, but I can tell you that it's easier to handle these challenges without alcohol and a clear mind.

Are you done with the excuses you keep telling yourself for why you can't quit drinking?

Then join 39 other mothers and me for the Confidently Be Alcohol-Free - 60 Day Challenge. I'm not asking you to quit drinking forever. What is forever anyway? I'm asking you to take a break for 60 days and reassess.

Click here to grab your spot NOW!

Alcohol is a soul-sucking bottle of despair.

Alcohol is a soul-sucking bottle of despair.

I usually write long captions, but not today. I want you just to let those words sink in.

Before we know it, alcohol has sucked the life out of us.

It has turned us into a person we don't even recognize anymore.

The mother that was so full of life is now a shell of herself because alcohol sucked her dry.

Are you done letting alcohol suck you dry?

Are you tired of the person you see in the mirror who you don't even recognize anymore?

Are you ready to be full of life again like before alcohol was even in the picture?

Maybe you're saying no way am I ready, but I do not like where I'm at today. GOOD, that means you'd be a great fit for the Confidently Be Alcohol-Free - 60 Day Challenge.

I like to work with the mothers who aren't ready to ditch alcohol but DECIDE to do it anyway because they don't run from a challenge. They are sick and tired of how they are treating themselves and their family, and enough is enough.

If that sounds like you, click here and join 39 other mothers and me to ditch the excuses and alcohol FOR GOOD!

P.S. Early bird pricing disappears on MONDAY!!!