The Men's Guide to drinking less

  • Author: Tony Richardson
  • Level: Beginner
  • Modules: 8
  • Video time: Approx. 9.5 hours - Avg. 15mins per Video

    Remember when drinking felt simple?

    Reframing the Problem

    Most men who find their way to this course have already tried to change things on their own.

    They've set rules, counted drinks, taken breaks and promised themselves things would be different this time.

    And for a while that works. Until the same patterns quietly return.

    That's not a lack of discipline. It's what happens when you try to change a behaviour without understanding what's driving it. Alcohol shapes habits, expectations and thinking in ways that most people never fully see because they're too close to it.

    This course helps you step back far enough to see what's actually happening.

    What This Course Does

    This course starts with understanding rather than effort. You'll learn how alcohol influences habit, motivation and decision making over time, and why the cycle of trying to change and sliding back has nothing to do with your character or commitment.

    There's no shame, no scare tactics and no pressure about where you need to end up. Just clear, honest explanations that give you a perspective on alcohol most men have never had access to.

    When that perspective shifts, conscious choice becomes possible in a way that willpower alone never quite delivers.

    What This Course Prepares You For

    For many men this course becomes the foundation for something they haven't felt in a long time — genuine curiosity about what life looks like with less alcohol or none at all.

    Once alcohol starts to make sense, the idea of experimenting with change stops feeling like a threat and starts feeling like a reasonable thing to try. That's exactly where the 30-Day Breakaway Experiment pick up.

    Approaching change as an experiment rather than a permanent decision removes the pressure and replaces it with observation.

    From that place your relationship with alcohol can begin to shift naturally, on your terms and at your pace.
     

    Most men start with this course before exploring the 30-Day Breakaway Experiment.

    Meet the instructor

    Tony Richardson

    Tony Richardson is a Certified This Naked Mind Coach (since 2022) and former Royal Australian Air Force member who spent 21 years in Defence before building a second career in IT.

    After changing his own relationship with alcohol the hard way, coaching became a natural next step. He combines lived experience with a genuine understanding of how alcohol works to help men see their drinking differently and find a way through that actually makes sense.

    Through the SoberTides Academy and one on one coaching, Tony shares the perspective and practical tools that he wished someone had given him years earlier.
    My approach is simple: understanding comes first, change becomes possible from there.
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