111: Drinking on Autopilot: How Daily Stress Fuels Your Evening Habits

Send me a message 🤗Breaking decades of drinking habits in midlife isn’t about willpower – it’s about understanding triggers, actions, and rewards, and then reshaping them to work in your favour. In this episode, I explore why habits form, why they’re so hard to undo, and how stress plays such a big role in keeping us stuck. I share practical steps to help you swap old autopilot behaviours for new actions that actually bring relief and joy, and why progress, not perfection, is the key. 0:00 Setting the scene1:52 Moderating in midlife3:04 Understanding the habit cycle7:31 The trouble with stress8:16 Step 1 - Reduce stress9:36 Step 2 - Take new actions12:41 Step 3 - Be prepared15:22 Will it work every time?===🗝️ Become a Vault member to get access to the moderation tools that actually help - https://mindfuldrinking.substack.com/s/the-vault===✏️ Come hang out with me on Substack - https://mindfuldrinking.substack.com/===Take the Midlife Drinking Triggers Quiz - https://quiz.tryinteract.com/#/68dd33385bb4a20015996a13===*Some links are affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may earn a commission that helps me keep the show going. Thank you.