Drinking Vinegars: What's a shrub and why your drinks need them
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All you’ve ever wanted to know about shrubs and drinking vinegars - what they are, how to make them and what they taste like.
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Failing so that you can win: The foundation of rethinking drinking
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As the founder of Some Good Clean Fun, I’ve talked a lot about rethinking drinking but haven’t had the chance to really dive deep into what that means. The name is pretty straightforward, but at the same time, it’s not something we’re used to: re-assessing our drinking. I thought I would start with one of the main premises which is failing so that you can win.
When I started to reassess how much I was drinking and truly learn and understand WHY it was so hard to quit, the next step was to try to go dry. It was February or March and I had just started reading This Naked Mind by Annie Grace. If you’ve picked up this book yourself, you will see that Annie Grace actually discourages quitting cold turkey. By the time you finish the book though you won’t want to drink ever again (or at least I felt that way).
I’m going to take a big leap here and say that I was failing. I was failing at everything - life, health, marriage, parenting, self-care, friendship, family relationships and career.
What happened when I actually began the 30-day alcohol experiment was I was given permission to fail. This might seem counterintuitive but the entire premise of becoming alcohol-free is that you need to give yourself permission to be human and learn from your mistakes. If you do grab a glass of wine during your journey, you have the chance to rethink how it’s making you feel. You can’t really rethink drinking unless you are occasionally drinking. The best part is that it’s not even considered a failure - it’s a data point. A DATA POINT!
Rethinking drinking was born from this premise that if you really want to remove alcohol from your life for enhanced wellbeing, you need to fail to win. You need to get those data points to learn more about yourself. I learned a lot about what my triggers were, that caused me to desire wine. I learned a lot about how i cope. I learned where I was mentally failing in my own approach to health.
The disclaimer here is also that the word ‘failure’ is not a popular word in ANY health related quest, so please take this with a grain of salt.
In the end, this adaptation to success created a formula for me that allowed me to fall and fail, in order to win.
If you’re starting this rethinking drinking journey, start with just a checkmark whenever you can!
Alcohol-free wine: Acid League Proxies
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Acid League is an innovator in the alcohol-free wine space, with a line of Proxy products they say are “wine but not”. This is a review of their luscious Tripping In Alsace white Gewurtztraminer-type blend that is perfect for any special occasion, or just sipping in the sun!
Read MoreRethinking Women’s Wellness Without the Wine with Sarah Kate and Kiola Raines
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Listen to Sarah Kate interview Kiola Raines on rethinking women’s wellness from an alcohol-free perspective.
Read MoreMojito Non Alcoholic Recipe with Daydream
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A dreamy and grown-up mojito non alcoholic recipe infusing cucumber and lime with mojito flavours for a mocktail with zip - that won’t leave you missing the booze if you’re sober curious or not drinking for any reason.
Read MoreThe Royal York - An Alcohol-free Cocktail For A Spring or Summer Brunch
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This nonalcoholic cocktail is perfect for a Mother’s Day brunch or sunny lunch. It's inspired by a 1920's era hotel called the Royal York and its sumptuous scones. This alcohol-free drink uses a rhubarb vanilla shrub (or drinking vinegar) as a base, and layers in maple syrup and lemon juice to be topped off with club soda.
Read MoreThe Sober Diaries by Clare Pooley
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There is a very entrenched social idea that only alcoholics who have hit rock bottom need to get ‘sober’. No other book challenges this idea better than Clare Pooley’s The Sober Diaries: How One Woman Stopped Drinking and Started Living.
Read MoreEaster Weekend: Options for an Alcohol-free Brunch
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Two options to rethink drinking for Easter Brunch - an easy Mimosa swap, and a fancier option for anyone who has the time.
Read More3 Great Alcohol-free Beers for St. Patrick’s Day
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You don’t need to water down the flavour on March 17, if you’re celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with these top alcohol-free beers.
Read MoreDrink Recipe: faux-wine that tastes good
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This drink doesn't have grapes, but it still packs a flavour punch. This is a tasty non-alcoholic drink you can make in your own kitchen when you're craving wine, but choosing to stay healthy.
Read MoreHarry Potter & The Goblet of Wine
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Rethinking Harry Potter and the use of alcohol as a narrative device.
Read MoreAlcohol-Free Hot Mess Martini
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A spicy, sexy alcohol-free martini mocktail that will get your heart racing.
Read MoreSeedlip: A Disappointing Introduction
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When I first heard about alcohol-free spirits, I was ecstatic. I was dreaming about a gin and tonic that tasted just like a real one. Here’s what happened!
Read MoreWhat is rethinking drinking?
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What is rethinking drinking, and why we think sober is a dirty word.
Read MoreAlcohol-free News & Trends - March 1
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Dry celebs, new alcohol-free brands and other interesting zero-proof news.
Read MoreIs Your Chic Lit Making You Drink?
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I recently picked up a book called The Guest List, which is a great easy read in the thriller category. The only problem is the plot line relies heavily on alcohol consumption.
Read MoreAm I an alcoholic? And other things that prevented me from rethinking drinking
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Have you ever avoided looking at your credit card bill, hoping it would go away? If you’re not happy with the amount you’re drinking, but AA seems like the only answer, avoiding thinking about it doesn’t help either.
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