Overcome Alcohol Urges With The HALT Technique

This is a brief guided practice to help you in those moments when you want to reach for alcohol. The HALT technique offers you a moment to pause and feel into what you really need. The longer the pause, the easier it will be to overcome your craving for alcohol. Listen to this practice as many times as needed.

Transcript

Before you reach for that drink, Slow down with me. Are you hungry? Maybe you need to ground yourself with some nourishing food. Are you angry? Maybe you need to shake out your energy. Are you lonely? Maybe you need to connect with someone and feel heard. Are you tired? Maybe your body needs to pause, Even just for five sacred minutes. Whatever it is. See if you can listen to your body rather than the craving. My name is Hayley Trower and I'm a holistic psychotherapist and I support people who are sensitive, Empaths, Creatives, Carers, Spiritual, To understand their relationship with their drinking so that they can live a more fulfilling and enriching life. And so the technique that I've just described is called HALT, And it's a beautiful way of bringing you back to the present and connecting the mind with the body so that you can Practice the pause that will help you to step out of autopilot and into more intentional living.