Giving up alcohol for Sober October? Our newsletter can help you reach your goal

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Curious astir trying Sober October, nan world situation to springiness up intoxicant for 31 days to use your wellness and raise consciousness for cancer?

Life Kit is present to help. Staying sober for a full period is harder than 1 mightiness think. How do you actually debar nan enticement of drinking successful nan existent world?

That's why we've created Life Kit's Guide to Zero-Alcohol Month. It's a free, limited-run newsletter bid that offers master strategies and champion practices connected really to springiness up intoxicant for a full month.

How to motion up

To motion up for this one-month newsletter series, click present and participate your email address. Over nan people of a month, we'll nonstop you a play newsletter pinch tips connected really to instrumentality to your no-alcohol journey. Sign up astatine immoderate clip to commencement your journey.

Sober October strategies, consecutive to your inbox

Each email we'll nonstop is designed to tackle a different situation of your alcohol-free journey.

• The wellness benefits of taking a break from alcohol: How it affects your assemblage and mind.
• Making your alcohol-free plan: Strategies and techniques to trim nan enticement to drink. 
• Dealing pinch societal pressure: How to woody pinch parties and gatherings — and scripts for what to opportunity erstwhile group connection you a drink. 
• Mocktails and motivation: Delicious, alcohol-free portion recipes, positive a mindfulness workout to support you connected track. 
• Reflection time: Grab your notebook. Questions to inquire yourself arsenic your alcohol-free period comes to a close. 

After this newsletter bid ends, you'll person play emails from Life Kit connected manner topics specified arsenic health, money, relationships and more.

Click present to motion up for Life Kit's Guide to Zero-Alcohol Month.

A speedy note: If intoxicant is causing you accent aliases harm, activity aesculapian advice. There are a assortment of treatments, including counseling, medications and support groups, to thief group who want to extremity that dependency. This includes Alcoholics Anonymous, which has helped countless people. This guide from nan National Institute connected Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism can thief you find a programme that's correct for you.

The integer communicative was edited by Arielle Retting and Meghan Keane, pinch creation guidance by Beck Harlan. We'd emotion to perceive from you. Leave america a voicemail at 202-216-9823, aliases email america at LifeKit@npr.org.

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