Pep category: Prepare

• How drinking affects my mental health

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  Accepting that your behaviour is affecting your mental health can be uncomfortable. However, an understanding of your well-being can help inspire and incentivise change. This Pep asks the questions for us to able to record how drinking is affecting our well-being.

• How drinking affects my physical health

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  Accepting that your behaviour is affecting your physical health can be uncomfortable. However, an understanding of your well-being can help inspire and incentivise change.

• What are my motivations and intentions to change?

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  You’re here because you have decided to change your drinking. This Pep encourages you to record your intentions and motivations.

• What do I want to achieve through change?

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  You’ve probably got some good ideas about the changes you want to make. But what about the goals you want to achieve? You may want to improve your well-being, reset a relationship, be fully present for your child or simply be free from the slavery of alcohol. This Pep will help you set measurable, achievable and relevant goals.

• Pep card

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  Here’s a simple tool to remind you of your goals and coping strategies. The idea is to print the card out and keep it in your bag or wallet, interrupting your view of your payment cards and cash. That way, should you feel triggered, you will see the card and be reminded there are options.

• Dear future me

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  Writing yourself a letter may seem bizarre. But strange as it feels, writing a letter to your future self is a form of self-care that defies the rules of time. You’re taking a moment to reflect on where you are, where you’re heading and what’s important to you. You’re also creating a future check-in and a reflective moment, allowing you to gauge pr

• Keeping a journal

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• Getting in the zone

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  You’re here because you are unhappy with the impact drinking has on your life. However, research shows that making change is so much easier when we’re happy and believe in the steps we are taking. This Pep looks at our attitude towards change and offers suggestions on how to tweak them to give us the strength we need to live the life we envisage.

• To count or not to count

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  Have you tried to stop drinking before? Did you count the hours, days or weeks since your last drink? Or worse, if doing Dry January or moderating, calculate the time left until you can allow yourself a drink again. This Pep looks at the advantages and disadvantages of counting.