Are you having a hard time controlling your drinking? Let me introduce you to a group I’ve just learned of – Soberistas.com. I found them through an article one of my readers shared, “7 Reasons Why Life is Better Without Booze,” by Lucy Rocca, who, it turns out, is the founder of the website Soberistas.com. I especially liked her reason #6, which I’m quoting from the article:

6. You find out who you really are. Alcohol has such a powerful effect on the body and mind that it’s impossible to find out who you are when you’re regularly getting sloshed. It’s only with living alcohol-free that true self-discovery becomes a possibility. By learning to know yourself better, you have a fighting chance of finding out what you want from life, as well as all that you’re capable of achieving.

…helping people who are having a hard time controlling their drinking.

…which in turn prompted me to want to know more about Lucy, whose author bio stated, “Lucy gave up drinking alcohol 2 and a half years ago and discovered how much better life is without it. Lucy, 38, lives with her family in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, and is devoting all her spare time to try and help other women overcome their binge-drinking and/or alcohol dependency issues, through the novel idea of a social networking site for ex-drinkers and those who are looking for help in becoming teetotal. She is also co-author of The Sober Revolution: Women Calling Time on Wine o’clock, a book specifically written for women who are looking for a way out of the alcohol trap.”

I was hooked. For those who follow my blog know — I am always looking to share ways that others have found helpful in their efforts to control or stop their drinking. So I would like to share the following BBC Radio interview with Lucy Rocca and Sarah Turner (her co-author of The Sober Revolution):

And then I leave you with information about and the link to Soberistas.com, self-described as:

“…a social network that is free to join where you can meet people who are trying to resolve their problematic drinking patterns, and people who have successfully kicked the booze. Talk, write, offload, share – join Soberistas, today. All personal member details, i.e. Email addresses, are kept completely confidential and not shared with any other 3rd parties.”

Soberistas.com

With over 22,000 members – clearly they’re onto something!

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Lisa Frederiksen

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Lisa Frederiksen is the author of hundreds of articles and 12 books, including her latest, "10th Anniversary Edition If You Loved Me, You'd Stop! What you really need to know when your loved one drinks too much,” and "Loved One In Treatment? Now What!” She is a national keynote speaker with over 30 years speaking experience, consultant and founder of BreakingTheCycles.com. Lisa has spent the last 19+ years studying and simplifying breakthrough research on the brain, substance use and other mental health disorders, secondhand drinking, toxic stress, trauma/ACEs and related topics.

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