It's not about the alcohol. Do you drink more than you want to? My name is Colleen Kachmann and I'm the world's first intuitive drinking coach. I work with high achieving, professional women to reduce alcohol consumption by 80 percent. Because alcohol isn't the problem--any more than razors are the problem for people who cut themselves. You're bored, stuck and overwhelmed. All at the same time. An
d the goal-oriented strategies that make you a badass in other areas of your life are making this worse, not better. The harder you try to control your drinking, the more you fail. It's a downward spiral. You already know that when you have a good reason to abstain or drink in moderation, you can. So you don't actually lack discipline and willpower. You've just run out of f**k's to give at the end of the day because you're living for everyone but yourself. The solution to alcohol use disorder is a feeling. If you felt powerful, confident and relaxed, you would drink like someone who feels powerful, confident and relaxed. This isn't complicated. Get happy. Not sober.