Alcohol Frequently Asked Questions Library

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    Alcohol Frequently Asked Questions Library

    Common Questions about Alcohol

    This page answers some of the most common questions about alcohol, habits and changing your relationship with drinking.
    For the most part they tend to start the same way: “Why do I keep doing something I don’t actually want to do?”
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    Not sure where to start changing your relationship with alcohol?

    If drinking has started to feel confusing, this is the simple path most people follow inside SoberTides.

    The SoberTides Alcohol Freedom Pathway

    ① Understand
    Start with understanding
    In PDF format, this guide explains why alcohol can start feeling confusing and why willpower alone rarely works. It also helps you notice and observe your current drinking behaviours. 

    ② Learn
    Deepen your understanding
    This course helps you understand how alcohol affects habits, mindset, and motivation and why many people feel stuck in the cycle of trying to moderate.
    (If you are still unsure if an 8 module course is for you there at this time, there is the Free 7 day Alcohol Reset that guides you through a 7 step process to begin to understand how alcohol is showing up in your life.) 
    Combine Alcohol Freedom Coaching with your course or choose Coaching on its own to really get traction with changing your relationship with alcohol.

    ③ Experiment
    Experience change for yourself
    This is a supported 30-day break from alcohol with short daily lessons designed to help you experience what life feels like without it.

    Understanding comes first.
    Then experimentation.
    Then you decide what relationship with alcohol feels right for you.

    Still confused about how it all works? Book a Free Strategy Call to get clear on what you need and where to start.

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    Just here for the questions about alcohol? Read on.

    Understanding Alcohol & Drinking Habits

    Resources that explain:
    How alcohol affects the brain
    Why habits form
    Why alcohol can feel automatic

    Changing Your Relationship With Alcohol

    Resources that provide guidance and information to help along the way:
    What to do if a partner or loved one still drinks
    How to manage cravings
    How do you deal with the Feeling Of Missing Out (FOMO)?

    Practical Tactics for Change

    Ideas and strategies for navigating:
    Cravings
    Social pressure
    Drinking environments
    Habit change

    Alcohol Coaching

    Frequently Asked Questions about:
    What Alcohol Freedom Coaching/Alcohol Coaching is
    Why should I try Alcohol Freedom Coaching?

    Sobertides Courses and Programs
    Common questions like:
    How do I navigate the Course Player
    How do schedule a Coaching Zoom Session in the a Coaching Package or a single Strategy Call
    What is the Sobertides Alcohol Freedom Pathway (eBook)

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    Meet the instructor

    Tony Richardson

    Tony Richardson is a Certified This Naked Mind Coach (since 2022), a former Australian Defence Force member and a long-time IT professional who has spent much of his career in training and instructional roles across Defence, the Public Service and private industry.
    After changing his own relationship with alcohol, coaching became a natural next step. Tony combines lived experience with evidence-based understanding to help men see alcohol differently and explore what change might look like for them.
    He enjoys teaching, mentoring and helping people make sense of challenges that once felt confusing or stuck. Through coaching and the SoberTides Academy, Tony shares the knowledge, perspective and practical tools that helped him find freedom from alcohol.
    Patrick Jones - Course author
    Tony's approach is simple: understanding comes first, change becomes possible from there.
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