Cultivate Calm Off the Mat – Becoming Untoxicated

It was a delight to chat with Monica from Cultivate Calm Yoga about all things sobriety, regulating your nervous system and how to know if you have a drinking problem (I didn’t answer this one very well actually. In a nutshell, if you are wondering if you do, you probably do).

Watch on to find out what a grey area drinker is, why more people are going sober and a bit about my story.

8 tips to Survive Dry July (and actually thrive!)

Lots of Aussies opt to take a month off booze by doing Dry July - and for a good cause to boot. Doesn't mean it's necessarily easy though! I asked the Untox community for their thoughts and together we have put together some fabulous tips on how to survive and thrive during Dry July.

What will my life actually be like without booze?

It's fair to say this is one of the biggest fears out there that we hear from people who are cutting back on or quitting booze - what on earth will my life be like? Will I lose my mates? What will I DO with myself? Will I die of boredom?

The Untoxicated community share their thoughts on what has changed and what has stayed the same for them after going alcohol-free.

Friday nights without Booze - a survival guide

Look, I’m not going to BS you, Friday nights are dang hard when you give up drinking. Here are my top tips on navigating Friday nights without alcohol.

HOW I QUIT ALCOHOL PODCAST WITH DANNI CARR

Fresh out this morning is my podcast with Danni from How I Quit Alcohol.
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We talk about my story, getting sober, detox, the first few months, cPTSD, healing, socialising without booze and starting Untox. It's the most honest interview I have given so far about how things were for me. https://www.buzzsprout.com/1181729/8265909
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I've basically totally overshared (eek!!!). Its not all heavy though! Its funny too.

The OFFICIAL UNTOXICATED POEM

Our mate Terry wrote an ode to sobriety and Untoxicated and we bloody love it. Thanks Terry.

Things you'll enjoy more without booze.

I asked the Untoxicated online community what they had more fun doing these days sans booze and these are some of the things they said. Often we are terrified it will be a pit of boring nothingness - but thankfully that ain't the case, compadres.

Alcohol + Australia’s workplace culture

Many business leaders have the belief that a drink or two is a way of fostering team cohesion, of reducing stress, of keeping people back at work longer, of stimulating creativity and ‘culture’. But is it?