If you regularly drink alcohol during during social and work events, you may want to consider some 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡.

The National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism has recently shared a 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧, 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐲 𝟓 𝐭𝐨 𝟗%, 𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥.

When compared to women who do not consume any alcohol at all, for 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤 𝐠𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲, 𝐭𝐨 𝟏𝟓%, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟏𝟎% 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐛𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐝.

As a clinical hypnotherapist, who empowers people to be free of unwanted habits, including substance abuse, I encounter many people who believe that drinking alcohol has a variety of benefits.

Some of these perceived benefits include the belief that drinking makes you have more fun, takes the "edge" off, or decreases anxiety.

Our culture tends to glorify myths about drinking as a fun activity, and even a positive way to handle stress.

Then there is 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡.

𝐀𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐡𝐨𝐥 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐱𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲, 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐬, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐯𝐞, 𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫.

While it is true that, for many people, stress is at an all time, 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐡𝐨𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐃𝐎𝐄𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐃𝐄𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒. 𝐈𝐓 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐀𝐃𝐃𝐒 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥, 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬.

The need for stress reduction and management is 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐄𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐲, 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞.

There are countless studies that report 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐲𝐩𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐡𝐨𝐥 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐁𝐎𝐓𝐇 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐏𝐇𝐘𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲, 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐡𝐨𝐥, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲, 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧.

My clients find that 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐡𝐨𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐱𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲, 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥, 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝟗𝟓% 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐞.

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