The Sip Revolution

I go for walks, I cook, I paint, I see my friends, I read, I go to the gym, I go shopping, I call my family, I do puzzles, I help others, I watch movies, I sleep, I meditate, I study... It's crazy all the things you can do when your brain is overwhelmed by addiction all the time!

What are your favourite hobbies? Let me know in the comments!

I absolutely love this quote about TSM that I found on another social media platform. This girl says it all: CHOICE. When someone is stuck in addiction, drinking is not really a choice, it is just something that they do. When someone chooses an abstinence-based recovery, drinking is not an option anymore. The only acceptable answer is "no". But with The Sinclair Method, you have the choice to drink or not to drink. And you can change your answer as you please. It feels so empowering to be able to make a CHOICE! Things don't have to be all white or all black, welcome to a world of nuances.

When someone stops drinking, a big struggle that they might face is the emptiness they are left with. They used to think about alcohol all day, drink all night and recover all morning. It is scary to get all this time back without having back-up activities to fill it up. This is where The Sinclair Method can help. Because it is a gradual approach, you can experiment small things at your own pace, without jumping into the unknown.

What are you favourite hobbies? Let me know in the comments!

What if I told you that there was an easy, cheap and gentle way to slowly remove alcohol addiction from your life, and that this way has been validated by close to a hundred clinical trials? What if I told you that, by trying this gentle, easy appraoch, you had at least a 78% chance of getting rid of your addiction? Would it be worth giving it a go?

What do you have to lose?

Feeling unsure? Having doubts? Drop me a DM or comment below so we can get the ball rollin'!

A trigger is an internal or external element that awakes your desire to drink. Common triggers are: seeing someone drinking on TV or in real life, walking by a pub, having dinner, being sad, being anxious, being happy... Some triggers will be more personal and unique to your situation. Knowing your triggers is essential to know how to react, and to create a plan that will take them into account. This is an important part of the Sinclair Method, and one that took me a long time to master.

What are your triggers?

It took me several years to fully acknowledge that I had a problem with alcohol. I had some doubts along the way, but I wasn't too sure where was the limit between being a young party girl, and being on the verge of addiction.

I found loads of online questionnaires that were supposed to help me decide if I was an "alcoholic" or not, but the questions never really inspired me. On top of that, alcohol use disorder can look different for everyone.

It is more about how you feel about your drinking and about alcohol in general than just the number of units, or if you drink in the morning or not.

I hope these 5 questions will help you get a clearer understanding of where you might be at. If you answered yes to one or more, don't panic! You are in a safe, helpful place :)

Yes, ""even for alcoholics""

You just need the right tools, and these tools are The Sinclair Method + some support to implement properly.

Ready to start your journey to moderation? Drop me a DM!

It's crazy how much mental space can addiction take. I used to be obsessed with alcohol. "When will I drink next?", "How much?", "Will people notice?", "Will I have enough?", "Do I have anything important the following day that I should cancel?", "Maybe I shouldn't drink tonight.", "Why can't I drink tonight?".

My entire life revolved around alcohol.

Not anymore.

Now, I mostly don't drink, even though I do occasionally have a sip of wine or a cocktail. However, I don't obsess about it. It is still part of my life, the same way pasta is. Sometimes I have pasta for dinner, sometimes I don't. I am not spending my day planing for it.

And it is all thanks to TSM!

This might be why some people are wary of TSM: "What do you mean I will continue to drink alcohol to get rid of my alcohol addiction??"

Well, it is exactly what TSM is all about: temporarily blocking the brain's endorphin receptors and slowly teaching the brain to unlink alcohol and reward. It scientifically makes sense, it is backed up by almost 100 clinical trials, and it saved hundreds if not thousands of lives.

Want to start your TSM journey? Drop me a DM!

I often say that baby steps and small victories are what will make your recovery smooth and long term, so I decided to start sharing my favourite ones. Having an alcohol-free day was something incredibly hard and rare before I started TSM. It would only happen if I was too hungover to drink again, or if I physically did not have access to alcohol. After I started TSM, it still took me 8 month to have a day where I didn't feel like drinking. But what a relief and joy when it finally happened! This is why I love TSM so much: it makes drinking alcohol something that your body doesn't crave, so moderating is not just a mind game anymore, and it becomes natural!

What is your TSM win?

I wanted to share this testimony from a fellow TSM user. Hundreds of people start the method not really knowing what to expect and are just blown away by the fast results that they get. Like this person who halved their daily consumption with no effort, in only one week!

TSM is not a magic trick and it does require commitment and work, but it will make your recovery so much easier. DM me if you want more info on how to get started!

Addiction is a learned behaviour. By drinking over and over again, we teach our brain that alcohol leads to a release of endorphins. The brains learns that info, and naturally starts to crave alcohol, because why not? Endorphins are great, it wants more of it!
The good news is, a learned behaviour can be unlearned, or extinguished. This is what The Sinclair Method accomplishes, and how I was able to switch from severe alcohol use disorder to moderate drinking.

Drop me a DM if you want to learn more about how I became a normal drinker!