Hey, living through a pandemic ain't easy. If stress has you relying on booze as part of your five a day and you fancy a break (hello Sober October), Kate Bee, founder of The Sober School, is totally here for you
If you’re struggling to relax during the pandemic, you’re definitely not alone. Many people are struggling to cope with the ‘new normal’, and many are turning to alcohol as a method for dealing with the stress of it all.
But, as it turns out, drinking to cope with difficult emotions doesn’t actually help you deal with them. In fact, drinking might actually be making your stress and anxiety worse.
Sure, alcohol can be a distraction, but it’s more akin to sticking your head in the sand versus actually relieving any of the stress – just because you can’t see it, doesn’t mean it’s gone away. (Spoiler: it hasn’t.)
And while some people are fully aware that drinking doesn’t actually solve any of their problems, they don’t actually care. They want the respite alcohol gives them from the current state of overwhelm, but – what you might not realise – is that science shows that drinking can actually add to the burden you’re dealing with, meaning you’re not getting the break you desperately need. sober curious In a recent study, researchers ran a test on two groups of mice — one that lived normally while the other was fed a daily dose of alcohol for an entire month. At the end of month, the mice who were drinking alcohol daily were much more fearful and anxious, and their ability to handle stressful situations was significantly impaired. Even when the things that were stressing them out were removed, these mice still struggled to overcome their anxiety.
Not only is alcohol doing nothing to actually fix your stress, it’s making you less capable of dealing with any kind of stress in general.
Because here’s the deal. If alcohol was actually an amazing stress reliever, then everyone who drinks regularly would likely be feeling fairly calm right now. They wouldn’t be as stressed – since they got the ‘break’ they were looking for – and likely wouldn’t need to turn to a glass (or several) every night to unwind.
But we know that’s not the case. In fact, more often than not, the opposite is true.
If you actually want to reduce stress, now is a fantastic time to experiment with sobriety
If you want to make that happen, start with a solid commitment. Giving up alcohol can be scary because we often approach it with only two choices – continue drinking as we normally do or quit drinking forever – which can be overwhelming to say the least. We try to find a middle path through moderation, but it’s actually much harder to control your intake of a mind-altering drug like alcohol because it’s designed to make you lose control. Instead of moderating your alcohol intake, try taking a break
If you only give yourself the odd day off now and again, you’ll never actually experience the benefits of sobriety. Staying sober during the week might seem like a fantastic idea, but when you drink over the weekend, you’re only making yourself go through the struggle of giving it up every Monday, again and again and again.
So give yourself a true break – sans alcohol – for a set amount of time. The first month can be challenging, so I recommend sticking to it for a few months so you can really start to experience the benefits of a sober lifestyle. sober curious
They were trying to take her home because the staff at the home did not have the time to address her needs,
but they were prevented from taking her home, not the other way, she wanted her home, but the staff looked at the small print. and decided they had the right to prevent her and keep her imprisoned.
If I had been advising them at the time, I would have adsised them to take out the power of attorny.
That would have put them on the right side of the law.
This is a tragic case of the authourities running roughshod over people's feeling.
I am looking at the wider picture, the do-gooders want to control every aspect of our life, why shouldn't she be cared for by her own, this brings you back to the left-wing nanny state I would want to look after my own and not have them imprisoned and kept quiet with the chemical cosh. they could still be at home.
I am watching this story on the tele medical supervision is available but the nurses just don't have the time to care properly for these loved relatives.
This is my opinion and not meant to offend anyone.
Piers Morgan agrees more common sense should prevail .
Corrie actress weeps as police ARREST her retired nurse mother as they try to remove 97-year-old dementia-hit grandmother from care home after nine months - and then put pensioner in patrol car
Ylenia Angeli, 73, was detained by police after forcing her way into the home and removing her mother She had not hugged Tina Thornborough, 97, for nine months because of the coronavirus pandemic Mrs Angeli was handcuffed and detained in the back of a police car while her frail mother looked on Police said they were responding to reports of an assault and Mrs Angeli was subsequently de-arrested Mrs Angeli's actress daughter Leandra Ashton, 42, was in Coronation Street in 2016 as Saskia Larson
By Raven Saunt For Mailonline and Liz Hull and James Tozer and Chris Brooke for the Daily Mail
Are you for real, look around you, what is killing all these people, why is the economy on hold, do you think this is some elaborate hoax, why would the government, run up over 3 trillion in debt?
Don't get me wrong, I am a right-wing conservative in the UK, as is my government, I hold out the hand of friendship to another conservative, Donald Trump.
Just as pollsters got it wrong about Hillary Clinton in 2016, they’ve got it wrong again with no signs of the landslide talked-up for Joe Biden.
Many polls gave the Democrat presidential candidate a strong lead in the race for the White House, but it has turned out to be much closer than anticipated.
A seven-day rolling average of polls suggested Mr Biden was leading by 51 per cent compared to incumbent president Donald Trump's 44 per cent on election day, according to data from Real Clear Politics.
The final numbers were not much changed from where they were on 3 June, when there were three months to election day.
The Democrat’s large lead in national polls was the largest of any candidate on the eve of the election since Bill Clinton in 1996, according to polling analysis website FiveThirtyEight.
But it became clear the polls were wide of the mark when Mr Trump won the most-prized battleground of Florida, the largest of the swing states, turning everything on its head.
The Sunshine State had been expecting a three-point lead for Mr Biden, according to Real Clear Politics data, while one pollster even put him ahead by five percentage points.
Mr Trump’s win is thought to have been somewhat due to the fact more than 50 per cent of Florida's Cuban-American vote went to the Republican, according to NBC News exit polls.
The fate of the United States presidency now hands in the balance, as President Trump and his challenger fight for three familiar battleground states - Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania - that could prove crucial in determining who wins the White House.
Investors on Wednesday rushed to adjust portfolios for a tighter and later US election result than many had expected as pre-poll expectations of a clear Democratic party win in White House and Senate races looked wide of the mark.
Betting market odds tightened but still favoured Mr Trump after flipping dramatically overnight to favour the president over Mr Biden, according to data from three aggregators.
Your lucky we've got another month to go, a willing sacrifice if it saves some lives, but they keep all the children at school, I find it hard to understand sometimes??[/quote[
Your lucky we've got another month to go, a willing sacrifice if it saves some lives, but they help all the children at school, I find it hard to understand sometimes??
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