Last Drinks

In this episode of Last Drinks Maz unpacks what Mindful Drinking is. Check out Episode 20, Last Drinks with Laura Willoughby, to get the background on why Maz felt it important to deep dive into the Mindful Drinking movement.

Discussed in the episode are some of the major benefits of reducing alcohol;

Reduced anxiety

Weight loss

Lower blood pressure

Improved liver function

Improved skin

Better brain function

And tips on how to be a Mindful Drinker;

Give yourself a limit, have a plan

Looking at each event as a small win

Ask for a half-strength drink, and take your time with it

Alternate your drink with a water

Eat food

Enjoy the drink you are having

Mindful drinking is a community. tap in

Leave early, tap out

Give yourself little rewards (not alcohol, obvs)

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Laura Willoughby has gone from drinking all the beer to being one of the leading voices of the alcohol-free movement in the UK. In this episode of Last Drinks, Laura shares her personal story of why she decided to stop drinking a decade ago, how she did it and how the campaigner in her found a new expression through sobriety. Laura founded Club Soda out of her sobriety, the UK's leading mindful drinking movement and continues to be a force to be reckoned with in the sober living space.

Check out the empire Laura has created https://joinclubsoda.com/

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Dr. Buddhi Lokuge, is an addiction medicine specialist doctor based in Newcastle, Australia, a clinical researcher in the field of addiction, and a conjoint lecturer at the University of Newcastle. He has a Medical Degree from the University of Sydney, a Masters of Public Health from Harvard University and a PhD from the Australian National University and dual certified in Addiction Medicine and Public Health Medicine with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.

Buddhi is also a certified Recovery Coach and Co-founder of Calm Lion, a Recovery Coaching Training organisation working to make recovery support tools widely available around the world. For more see calmlion.com.au.

This part two of our in depth conversation where we talk more about spirituality, meta-cognition, how willpower just won't do. And Maz puts her stopping drinking strategy under the microscope. Oh and some more brain science stuff!

Disclaimer: Please note, this episode and the opinions of speakers on it are not intended to be a substitute for medical or psychological treatment or evaluation. We recommend you see your doctor for a health check first if you want to quit drinking alcohol. Withdrawal symptoms if you are physically dependent on alcohol can be severe, and in some cases life-threatening. 

(nb. part of this is an extract from https://www.health.gov.au/health-topics/alcohol/about-alcohol/how-can-you-reduce-or-quit-alcohol)

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In this episode of Last Drinks, we are joined by our first international guest Sabrina Black who navigated a divorce during her early sobriety just over a year ago.

Sabrina is a well-being professional, coach, and newbie entrepreneur with a passion for empowering individuals to live happy, healthy lives. She earned her degree in Journalism from the University of Oregon and studied publishing in New York, going on to work in publishing and marketing before eventually finding her calling in fitness, health, and wellness.

Sabrina lives in the Pacific Northwest in the United States with her seven-year-old black lab, Bella, and near her family and has been sober for just over a year.

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Dr. Buddhi Lokuge, is an addiction medicine specialist doctor based in Newcastle, Australia, a clinical researcher in the field of addiction, and a conjoint lecturer at the University of Newcastle. He has a Medical Degree from the University of Sydney, a Masters of Public Health from Harvard University and a PhD from the Australian National University and dual certified in Addiction Medicine and Public Health Medicine with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.

Buddhi is also a certified Recovery Coach and Co-founder of Calm Lion, a Recovery Coaching Training organisation working to make recovery support tools widely available around the world. For more see calmlion.com.au.

In this episode we talk about the difference between dependency and addiction, what alcohol does to your brain and what the five pillars of recovery are.

Disclaimer: Please note, this episode and the opinions of speakers on it are not intended to be a substitute for medical or psychological treatment or evaluation. We recommend you see your doctor for a health check first if you want to quit drinking alcohol. Withdrawal symptoms if you are physically dependent on alcohol can be severe, and in some cases life-threatening. 

(nb. part of this is an extract from https://www.health.gov.au/health-topics/alcohol/about-alcohol/how-can-you-reduce-or-quit-alcohol)

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In this episode of Last Drinks, Maz nerds out on some recent research findings that evidence alcohol to have zero benefits to human beings and unpacks the studies that prove alcohol is just a bad idea.

Article references in this episode are:

https://tinyurl.com/22hfa9pe

https://tinyurl.com/yckpwpr5

https://tinyurl.com/4fyctn3u

And the complete published study referenced is here:

https://tinyurl.com/2zb34ucd

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In this episode of Last Drinks with Bex Weller, hear how Bex went from the big drinking clipboard girl of her social circle, to flat out stopping her drinking habit, and then how she fronted up to her friends Hen's party just two days later! Bex Weller, now a sobriety coach, cleverly navigated the icky social engagements in early sobriety successfully and with little preparation, and shares how to she did her early sobriety so well, she wouldn't give it up for anything now.

You can contact Bex Weller through her sober living platform: https://sexysobriety.com.au/

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In this episode of Last Drinks, founder of Sans Drinks, Australia's first non-alcohol bottle shop, Irene Falcone takes us through the journey she had from the steps of her wine cellar in a deep depression, to the realization that she needed to stop drinking and how the crucial decision led her to uncover an entirely new business model and find her purpose in life again.

You can visit Irene's non-alcohol bottle shop online: www.sansdrinks.com.au

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