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Sober Holiday Tips – Mindfulness

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Mindfulness for Sober Holidays

Holiday pressures and demands can increase the impact of all normally stressful events – making them far more challenging.

When stress seems overwhelming – remember: the goal is a sober holiday. Practicing mindfulness when encountering holiday stress increases happiness – and creates a more peaceful environment.

Common Sources of Holiday Stress

Common Sources of Holiday Stress include:

∙ Work Stress
∙ Money Worries
∙ Family Stress
∙  Relationship Stress
∙ Unexpected Crisis Situations (not funny as seen on Christmas Vacation)

Sober Holidays Tip: Mindfulness to Maintain Emotional Balance

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Use Mindfulness to Maintain Emotional Balance

 Findings from studies suggest that over the course of meditating – long-term practitioners of mindfulness meditation actually altered the structure and function of their brains,

‘Neuroplasticity and Meditation’

Feeling trapped in a stressful situation this holiday season? Or, feeling an emotional tsunami approaching?

∙  STOP – and take a deep breath.

∙  Walk away if you need to remove yourself from a stressful situation.

∙  Go to your Mindfulness ‘happy place’ and breathe mindfully and calmly.

∙  Repeat as needed.

Mindfulness Sober Holidays Exercise for Stress Relief

When feeling stress or pressure – do the following:

  1. Stop what you are doing. If you need to excuse yourself and walk away to another room or outside – do it.
  2. Breathe deeply and hold the breath as long as you can. ‘Watch’ your breath. That is: concentrate on breathing as if this is your only activity in the world. And for now, it is.
  3. Slowly release the breathe. Breathe in slowly and again hold the breath.
  4. Repeat – concentrating on slow breathing for 1-2 minutes.
  5. When it feels comfortable – listen. Just…listen. If you are outside, hear the wind moving in the trees. Notice birdsong or even car noise. Just listen to sounds in your surroundings without making a good/bad judgement.
  6. The combination of centering by concentrating on the breath and listening to surroundings without involvement – will bring you back to your ‘center’.
  7. Our center is the place where we can just ‘be’ for a few moments, without any judgement. This is who we really are.
  8. Centering works to ‘break’ the connection with physical and emotional stress. It returns us to a place of inner peace.
  9. If an unsettled state of mind cannot be brought back into perspective through this mindfulness exercise – mindfully walk or do something else for a few minutes.
  10. Repeat Steps 2-5. Inner balance and calm are critical factors to implement during times of stress.

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Self-medicating with alcohol or drugs makes everything much worse.

Self-medicating with Alcohol Increases Holiday Stress

Sober holidays are possible. However, self-medicating with alcohol only makes stressful situations worse (sometimes, far worse).

And if self-medicating with alcohol goes on long enough – individuals can become functional alcoholics.

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Wishing you a Sober, Mindful – and Peaceful – Holiday Season!

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