Welcome
Welcome to the Sober Sprint! In this first post you will find out: what to expect from the next 30 days...
Alcohol holidays, liver vacations and Sober Sprints: The benefits of stopping for a bit
We all know that excessive alcohol consumption is Not a Good Thing. Frequently it’s pretty obvious what impact alcohol is...
Day 1 – Your first n=me scores and what brought you to the MOB
Download the paper version of the form Measuring progress is a really important motivational tool, and will also help you...
Day 1 – The Daily MOB Ritual
A quick Google of ‘daily rituals’ will bring up a whole host of blog posts and articles about the importance...
Day 2 – Planning for External Pitfalls
When we are trying to act in ways that are different to our usual routines and responses (like not drinking...
Day 2 – What kind of drinker are you?
Today we want you to think about what kind of drinker you are – what do you use alcohol for,...
Day 2 – How other people can help (or hinder) your Month off Booze
This post is about how other people can support (or not) your MOB. We’ll tell you a bit more about...
Day 3 – Coping with External Pitfalls
This is the second of four blogs that focus on obstacles that might interfere with a successful MOB. Yesterday we...
Day 4 – Internal Pitfalls
Depending on what kind of drinker you are, you might be more likely to struggle with external pitfalls – other...
Day 5 – Coping with Internal Pitfalls
This is the last of our four posts that focus on obstacles (possible pitfalls) that might interfere with a successful...
Day 6 – Overcoming Discomfort Dodging
This month you are doing something you probably don’t usually do – avoiding all alcohol. Because it’s new or unusual,...
Day 7 – Procrastination: Why we Choose Short-Term Rewards over Longer-Term Goals, and How to Beat it
This month you are doing something you probably don’t usually do – avoiding all alcohol. During your MOB you will...
Day 8 – N=ME and the Quantified Self (or Why it’s Good to Measure Stuff)
Today is again personal tracking day. In the n=me tracker form we have identified a number of aspects of your life that you...
Day 9 – Perfectionism versus Healthy Striving
By now you will have been encouraged to check in at least once, and twice if you were here for...
Day 10 – Why can alcohol make me feel good and make me feel bad? Alcohol, the brain and emotions
Alcohol and your brain In today’s post we dig a bit deeper into the brain, and what alcohol can do...
Day 12 – FOMO
On FOMO Depending on what kind of drinker you are, you might feel a particular sense of discomfort during your...
Day 13 – Cognitive distortions: Three tricks our minds play on us, and how to beat them
If you want to improve your relationship with alcohol – whether you’re giving it up for a bit during a...
Day 14 – Alcohol and (Flawed) Decision-Making
Some of the main reasons people have for wanting to cut back on heavy drinking or stop completely, are the...
Day 15 – Cravings: Taming and Retraining your Internal critic and Internal Saboteur
We have already spoken a bit about how our internal self-talk can be a possible pitfall. Negative self-talk can be...
Day 17 – Dealing with Difficult people
7 Ways to Deal with Difficult People We spoke before about how other people can help or hinder your Sober Sprint...
Day 22 – Motivation
Today’s post is about motivation – where you get yours, what motivates you most, your preference for certain types...
Day 25: Alcohol and Productivity
Today’s post is one that is close to my own heart because it is one of the key areas where...
Day 26 – Rolling with ambivalence
We have devoted quite a lot of the Sober Sprint / MOB content to topics that would help you navigate...
Day 27 – Confidence and Strengths
Motivation and confidence are two key factors that relate to successful behaviour change – whether that’s stopping or cutting down...
Day 28 – Self-Acceptance
Practicing Unconditional Self-Acceptance Not being sure whether you have all achieved 100% in your Sober Sprint / MOB and what...
Day 29 – Values
On Day 24, we wrote about ambivalence – our tendency to ‘sit on the fence’ when it comes to making...
Day 30 – Now What? New Goals, Future Plans
Can I just stop for a moment and say… CONGRATULATIONS! Making the decision to take a month off, signing up...
Day 30 – Looking back – reflecting on your Sober Sprint / MOB
This article was originally Helen’s final post on the very first, October 2015, Month Off Booze programme, which included weekly live...
