This week Cathy dives into the need for self-efficacy, finding courage, and the importance of grounding afor better decision making.
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Looking for a Better Way To Drink and Manage Your Health? Read This Book.
Looking to better manage how you drink? This week, Beck shares her thoughts on the critical reference read from Professor David Nutt, “Drink? The New Science of Alcohol and Your Health.” It’s a must-read for anyone looking to dive deeper into the topic of alcohol and wellbeing.
Getting My Life Back: The Sinclair Method for Alcohol Use Disorder
In this personal account, one ABG community member shares their perspective on the benefits fo The Sinclair Method to help treat alcohol use disorder in the hopes it can help others.
Headwinds Ahead: Wine in the Age of Wellness and Moderation
Wine has taken a bit of a beating lately. Between new year’s resolutions, media attention to Dry (or damp) January, the uncertainty of impending tariffs, or consumers indicating they plan to drink less alcohol, the latest industry reports do not paint the brightest of pictures for wine.
A New Kind of Safety - The Pin Project
The Pin offers bartenders the opportunity to communicate a message of abstinence without speaking a word, and opens up dialogue for patrons or other professionals to start a positive conversation around alcohol. So rather than being a mark of achievement, the pin can act as a sign of desired behavior change, which for some, can be a herculean effort.
A Personal Account of Caring for A Loved One Struggling with Alcoholism
In the first of the monthly guest post series, ABG Tribe member Kimberly Charles shares her personal story on caring for a loved one struggling with alcoholism.
“My Hair Hurts,” Or, How to Drink like a French Woman
There are so many books out there telling us how all French women are slim and beautiful, with chic style, look ten years younger than their age, have perfect children and great sex lives, etc., etc.
Where We Are At, and How You Can Help
The Food and Wine Classic in Aspen remains the pre-eminent food and wine festival in America. After 35 years, the professionalism of the event and its offerings are as honed as the finest knife edge. But this year was different. <<click image to read more>>
Where Do You Go When You Want to Know?
Last week I attended my first cannabis event hosed by the entrepreneurial powerhouse Marcia Gagliardi of San Francisco dining bible Tablehopper and the genius behind MyMilligram – a site offering low dose, high quality cannabis products through a non-presumptive approach. <<click image to read more>>
Living and Drinking Alone - 3 Tips To Help Avoid Excess
I’ve lived alone for more than 15 years and it’s often a challenge to manage how much I drink when I open a bottle of wine. You know that feeling, when you come home from a long day and think, “just a glass”, then before you know it, the bottle is staring back at you near empty and you wonder how the heck you got there... (click the image to read more)