Hey there!

Every month Annie has a call with our Path 365 members and answers their questions.

She tackles a wide range of topics from what to do with big emotions, what kinds of tips and

advice she has for addressing difficult situations, how to deal with cravings, and

so much more. Listen in as she does some real life coaching for our path

members. Hi, this is Annie Grace and I am answering readers questions and today I have one.

It says, hi Annie, I have quit daily drinking

for a couple of years now,

but I've yielded to the addictive craving

three or four times each year at a holiday party

or a special dinner.

I find myself looking forward to those rare times and I can still have a glass or two of wine and there are plenty of those opportunities at the lovely continuing care retirement facility where I live. So when will I reach the point where I'm happy and don't debate it anymore and just free from wanting

alcohol entirely.

So first of all, congratulations, that's amazing, it's a humongous accomplishment and I think it's just absolutely incredible.

So you should really celebrate that.

And second of all, I think I would ask you also like what is your intention here?

Like because usually when I am coaching somebody, especially when I'm coaching someone like in our Path program,

or when I'm coaching someone one-on-one,

I say, I would like you to create a goal

around drinking that has nothing to do with the behavior but has to do with your

feeling and why I do this is because so often people change the behavior but

they don't change how they feel I was so long stuck in this place where I could stop drinking for periods of time or I could control my drinking, but every time I did it I feel absolutely miserable like I feel like I was missing out, I feel deprived, I feel upset, and so I ended up just drinking anyway.

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