![]() ![]() They’ve successfully spent almost a hundred years teaching westerners that the substance isn’t the problem, you’re just diseased and not praying enough if you have a problem with the substance. The USA alcohol industry created AA for the purpose of gaslighting our whole culture into believing that getting addicted to an addictive substance is abnormal. ![]() Some of it is the alcohol industry itself not wanting people to quit unless they become a danger to themselves or others, because capitalism. I think some of the rock bottom mythology is that “normal drinkers” want an excuse to bad-other people who decided to quit, so they don’t have to question their own drinking behavior. When someone’s only experience with the alcohol free sphere is the bits of TV shows where people cry about losing custody in an AA meeting, and trendy womens books that wax poetic about your “knees hitting the floor,” it’s a natural byproduct of ignorance to assume that if you quit drinking, it’s because you got out of control and did something unforgivable. It’s a lot harder than it should be for drinkers to get it through their skulls that I have not done anything harmful or appalling, I actually just want to sleep better, feel healthier, save money, and stop wasting life. The rock bottom thing is also bothersome in that it causes people who don’t know much about sober living to make insulting assumptions that if you quit, it’s because you did something terrible. If you’d love some help and support to quit drinking or take a break from booze, click here for details of my online course. A decent break means you’ll find out what sobriety is really all about, get past the awkward early weeks and on to the good bit of alcohol free living! You want to experience that before making any decisions. You don’t have to make any long term decisions. If you’re worried about your drinking or suspect it’s holding you back from living your best life, then that’s more than enough to begin.Ĭommit to taking a proper break from booze – for a couple of months – as an experiment. ![]() If you’re frequently drinking more than you intend to and it’s making you unhappy, that’s a sign. There is a grey zone between the extremes of ‘rock bottom alcoholic’ and “everything is absolutely fine!” In all other areas of life – from our weight to our finances and our relationships – we don’t wait until things reach rock bottom before taking action. And as long as it’s not the latter, you’re fine… right? You don’t need to change. You’re either a ‘normal drinker’ or a raging alcoholic. Why it suits us to believe in rock bottomĬulturally, we have this idea that you need to be falling down and losing everything before you can address your relationship with booze. But there was no big crash or rock bottom moment. I seemed to be on a runaway train that was slowly gaining speed as I drank more often and crossed more boundaries. My drinking worried me – I’d noticed that I liked drinking alone (at home) the most. In this video I explain why I decided to quit before things got really bad – and why you might want to do the same. Personally, I think rock bottom is an unhelpful myth. This is the low point that drinkers apparently need to sink to before they feel ready to quit for good. ![]() If you’ve been thinking about your relationship with alcohol for a while, the chances are you’ve heard about ‘hitting rock bottom.’ ![]()
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