This topic everyone has an opinion on and a solution for. It’s a great 30 mins to spend reviewing your own position on the ethanol spectrum (or is it the slide?).
Within Oz which is a heavy alcohol drinking culture it makes it that little bit more challenging, letalone in business when having to celebrate wins or new relationships forged.
So my personal confession from reviewing the past year is, I didn’t do it in moderation as much as I’d like and I still have a lipid layer I want to bust.
What about on the home front? My kids claim they’ve never seen me drunk, though I think that is more reflective of my default behaviour 🤔🤷♂️ 😜
Social lock downs in Melb did break many a good habit. A sneaky Baileys in a morning coffee while on the dog walk (perhaps to deal with the insane mandated one hour max outdoors!?) or that extra red while on the Nth Teams meet in the afternoon did put that lipid layer on my middle I’m still on the tail end of eliminating.
Like parenting, past events need to have a use by date on being blamed. I am on that list of those who want to keep consuming these liquids for the range of feel good reasons and not eliminate fully.
But I am very aware it is a toxic substance. Indeed as a major wine maker made a good ironic point to me years ago about so called ‘preservative free’ wines, alcohol itself is one of the best and oldest preservatives because of its toxicity!
So in the spirit of cheer and maintaining the working and celebratory life I have grown accustomed to, here’s a few tips I’ve been putting into action and I welcome views and add ons to this:
🍷Drink water (fizzy with lime is my good cover) two out of three glasses of anything consumed.
🍷Take up some other favourite go tos so you’re not always reaching for a regular wine or beer. My latest is a Remedy raspberry kombucha.
🍷Treat drinks at big or commemorative events in a more ‘spiritual’ way to toast, and savour the flavour and the moment, together.
🍷 And use the opportunity of a non drinker (particularly if they are for religious or health reasons) to drink what they are drinking (but avoid the sugary and synthetic options!).
Our teams had some very big reasons to celebrate this past year, and there’s quite a bit of that to come…. 🎉🎉
This podcast does a good job of covering the range of views on this topic, not lecturing or judging, as big a challenge for public and mental health as this space is, and a significant work place item to have remain front and centre in leaders and managers minds and actions.
#alcohol #addiction #workenvironment #culture
#lockdowns #covid #newyeargoals
