59 {Sarah Rusbatch} The impact of grey area drinking

A huge thank you to Project Health Monitoring for powering this week's episode.PHM is a software company that provides digital solutions for industry, sport, and education, allowing you to focus on wellbeing, performance, and academic engagement in real time. This engagement helps you improve the mental health, wellbeing, and performance outcomes for all individuals. Click here to find out more!Trigger warning: this episode discusses excessive alcohol use.In society we are well aware of the term ‘alcoholic’, but have you heard of Grey Area Drinking?This episode’s guest is Grey Area Drinking Coach, Motivational Speaker, Workshop Facilitator and host of a community of over 20,000 women, Sarah RusbatchAfter years of dysfunctional drinking, falling hard for ‘Mummy Wine Culture’ and using alcohol as a crutch to manage stress, overwhelm and anxiety, Sarah finally made the decision to remove alcohol from her life in April 2019.In this episode Sarah shares:-      Her long history with alcohol and how it shaped her life growing up-      The moment she realised her relationship with alcohol was not benefiting her-      The stop and start process she went through trying to stop drinking for short periods of time-      The difference between alcoholism and grey area drinking-      How the subtle messaging of alcohol and mum culture is dangerous-      Her advice on the work you have to do to improve remove alcohol from your lifeKey Quotes“It turns out that your boozy friends don’t like it when you don’t drink anymore.”“I would just drink and smoke until I didn’t feel anymore.”“In the end I realised it's easier to say none than it is to say 1.”Find out more about SarahIf you want to know about her grey drinking coaching you can find out more here: https://sarahrusbatch.com/You can also follow her on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sarahrusbatchcoachAnd on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahrusbatch/You can get involved with the podcast onlineOn facebook in our community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/challengesthatchangeusOr on Instagram: @challengesthatchangeus If you want to find out more about what Ali does, check out her business via the website:http://www.trialtitudeperformance.com.auFor her other business you can find it through the websites:www.altitudefitnessarmidale.com.auOr you can follow them on Instagram:@Altitudefitnessarmidale@trialtitudeperformance Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.