Knowing there's more to life...with Matt McCormick

This week on the One Year No Beer Podcast, Ruari welcomes Matt McCormick onto the show.  Matt is a coach at OYNB. He shares how OYNB coaches and members mentored and motivated him to live an improved lifestyle after deciding that an alcohol-free lifestyle would give him more enjoyment, more time and more opportunities.  In this episode you will learn:  Living an alcohol-free life isn’t giving something up. “It wasn’t that I stopped drinking; it wasn’t about stopping, it was about starting.” How the OYNB community encouraged Matt to celebrate his alcohol-free life. “It wasn’t a community of people going ‘woe is me, I can’t drink, I’m a failure.’ It was a community of people going ‘I might be struggling here and there, but more and more I’m alcohol-free.’” Changing your relationship with alcohol isn’t about abstinence and willpower. “It’s about learning and applying new habits, gaining a community, and learning about yourself.” Matt's journey as a coach at OYNB. “One of the reasons I got into managing IT was that I wanted to make a difference and help people, and suddenly here’s [OYNB] that allows you to [do that] without building a computer application.” Alcohol Free-Me is a close-knit community within OYNB that offers more support in the form of coaching to help you live an alcohol-free life. This episode is sponsored by Athletic Greens. To make a daily commitment to your health, visit AthleticGreens.com/OYNB For more information on what was shared in this episode and to join the AFM community for more support, coaching, book club, meetups and positivity power-ups, head to Alcohol Free-Me and use the code PODCAST10 for 10% off in joining the Alcohol-Free community. Join the OYNB community, the world’s most powerful accountability group! For more information on what was shared in this episode, and to access daily content and videos, guides and resources, the community, and ebooks, Take the Challenge now.  The One Year No Beer Podcast is the show created to inspire you to take the steps needed to finally transform your relationship with alcohol. This podcast will help you kick start your healthy habits and reconnect with your true self by taking you on a journey to become the most productive, present and healthiest version of yourself.  You’ll hear the inspiring, motivating and thought-provoking stories of some of the 80,000+ OYNB members who have changed their lives and now enjoy improved sleep, increased productivity, reduced anxiety levels, weight loss, and a better quality of life just by taking a break from booze.  If you are thinking about changing your relationship with alcohol, or you are already alcohol-free, then this podcast will not only give you top tips, ideas, strategies and support, but also motivate and inspire you to totally transform your life! Key Takeaways: Rather than giving something up, living an alcohol-free lifestyle makes you gain more than you could ever imagine. Changing your relationship with alcohol isn’t about abstinence and willpower. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices