Hey babes,
You are warmly welcomed to another Sober Wednesday. Sit yourself down, grab a coffee, and let's chat.
There's so much talk at the moment about Self-Love. About how we need to love ourselves first before we can love others or before they can love us (a troublesome concept but let's sail past that).
Sometimes this can be mistaken as a ticket to 'treat' ourselves. So we lie in until 10am, eat take-aways whenever we want, maybe even call in sick to work to have a chill day, have a gin and tonic to celebrate whatever.
But are these behaviours really an example of loving ourselves?
When thinking about self-love I find it helpful to imagine how I show love to my best friend, my (as yet imaginary) daughter or my younger self. Would I berate, criticise, bully or mock them? Of course not! And yet we do this to ourselves way too much.
Would I encourage my best friend, daughter or my younger self to engage in unhealthy habits and activities?
Nope.
I want to take care of them. I want them to be well. I want them to thrive. How about we treat ourselves like that?
So when it comes to drinking, it's an unhealthy habit, it makes you feel like sh*t, it wastes money, it makes you gain weight and look bloated. So think about what it means when you say to yourself with a glass of wine in your hand 'I deserve this!'
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say you don't deserve that. You deserve way, way better. You deserve to look fabulous, to sleep well, to have glowing skin and to have enough money to save for actual treats.
Sobriety isn't a punishment. Being stuck in the grip of alcohol is. Every time you say no to a drink you are treating yourself, every time you have a glass of water instead of a G&T, you are treating yourself. Every night you get to bed early and wake up fresh, you are treating yourself.
It's time to start looking after ourselves, it's time to start loving ourselves.
Do you agree?
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