Have a seat and grab your favorite sparkling water. It to Recovery Happy Hour

where we talk about life beyond the bottle and what happens after we get sober.

I'm your host Tricia.

Thank you for joining me today.

Guys, the holidays are about to be here.

I mean, once Halloween is over it's Christmas right? I mean that's

how Target works at least and the thought of getting sober during the holidays

is really scary for a lot of people in recovery. I know because my sobriety date is November 14th so I went in

full force holiday mode while learning how to not drink. First of all you can totally do this.

People do it all the time.

Second of all, my personal opinion is that if you can get the holidays

out of the way early, it's like sober boot camp and it makes you extra strong for the

rest of the year. So maybe look at this as an opportunity if you're trying to

decide whether or not to go for it. I mean there is no right time to quit drinking so you might as well just start.

Also there's going to be triggers with every season for me especially it was in the summertime.

So please don't use this as an excuse to not do something that could be really amazing for your life.

But yes, the holidays do have their own flavor of challenges, so I've compiled a list of tips for you based on my own experience.

Number one, cherry pick your holiday parties.

Guys you do not have to attend a party.

Yeah, what a concept, right?

Believe it or not, there's no moral failure

of not going to a party. Believe it or not, people will not lose sleep

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