Skip to content- Count your drinks. Try to set yourself a daily or weekly drink limit.
- Limit the amount of alcohol you keep in the house.
- Space your drinks containing alcohol with non-alcoholic beverages (juices, soda, tea, etc.).
- Pace your drinking. Sip your drinks slowly or make sure that you only have one drink per hour.
- Use distraction. Substitute drinking hours with other activities. Find something else to occupy the time during which you usually drink.
- Have a few alcohol-free days each week. Set a realistic goal at the beginning.
- Keep up your water and food intake. Drinking on an empty stomach will increase the rate of alcohol that is metabolized in your body.
- Avoid your triggers. Be mindful of situations that exacerbate your urge to drink.
- Delay the first drink of the day. The earlier you start drinking the more you will drink during the day.
