The Men's Guide to drinking less
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Author: Tony Richardson
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Level: Beginner
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Modules: 8
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Video time: Approx. 9.5 hours - Avg. 15mins per Video
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Remember when drinking felt simple?
Reframing the Problem
Many men reach a point where alcohol stops feeling straightforward.
You might set rules, count drinks, take breaks, or promise yourself things will be different next time.
Yet the same patterns quietly return.
Not because you lack discipline but because alcohol shapes habits and expectations in ways most people never fully understand.
This course helps you step out of that cycle and see what’s actually happening.
The aim of the course
The aim of this course is simple: understanding before clarity.
You’ll learn how alcohol influences habit, motivation, and decision-making over time.
Through clear explanations and practical insight, you begin to see how drinking patterns form and why willpower alone rarely changes them.
There’s no shame, no pressure, and no scare tactics.
Just perspective that allows you to make more conscious choices about alcohol going forward.
What This Course Prepares You For
For many men, this course becomes the foundation for experimenting with change.
Once alcohol starts to make sense around why it can be difficult to change habits, it becomes much easier to explore what life feels like with less of it or none at all.
That’s where the 30-Day Breakaway Experiment comes in.
Approaching change as an experiment removes the pressure of permanent decisions and replaces it with curiosity and observation.
From that place, your relationship with alcohol can begin to shift naturally.
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
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