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Is there an alcohol crisis?

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Is there an alcohol crisis? Are you an alcoholic? Do you have an alcohol use disorder? 

According to the Forbes article, The Alcohol Crisis In America Has Been Overshadowed By Opioids, But Can No Longer Be Ignored,

alcohol is the 3rd leading preventable cause of death in the United States, And my home state, Oregon is one of the leaders for the most alcohol-related deaths.

“CDC data shows New Mexico, Montana, Wyoming & Oregon have the most alcohol-related deaths in the U.S.”

https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicolefisher/2019/02/23/the-alcohol-crisis-in-america-has-been-overshadowed-by-opioids-but-can-no-longer-be-ignored/#54db8484fd5d

 

Okay, message received. But before you go running panicked into your doctor’s office take a breath and read on.

Using fear as a way to promote my message and position around alcohol misuse and abuse has never been appealing. I don’t think fear is enough of a motivator for people to change their drinking ways. If it were the traditional teachings and recovery programs would be much more successful in remediating this growing challenge. In fact, I was so tired of being afraid of “my disease doing pushups in the parking lot getting stronger, even in my abstinence, waiting to take me down,” that I hopped on my pink cloud and left AA over fifteen years ago and trailblazed a new way to live sober. I don’t have a magic wand, but I have found a way to address a scary subject and help people take charge of their relationship with alcohol before it takes over.

Having a drinking habit does not automatically make you an alcoholic or have an alcohol use disorder. 

My work is focused around Primed Drinkers. A Primed Drinker recognizes something needs to change and can make conscious choices to drink or not drink. But Primed Drinkers have nowhere to turn unless they want to go all in and accept the diagnosis of Alcohol Use Disorder (an incurable brain disease, also know as, commonly referred as, Alcoholism).

Primed Drinkers can and do take charge of their relationship with alcohol. Sometimes on their own simply by becoming aware and acknowledging their concern and implementing strategies to change their drinking habit. Not everybody who is concerned with their drinking or struggle with their decision to not drink is an alcoholic or have an alcohol use disorder.

Typically Primed Drinkers will start doing research on the web and quickly get swept into our recovery ready culture and all arrows point to alcoholism (alcohol use disorder). This creates fear, and the Primed Drinker will either stop seeking information and support or hastily assume the identity of an alcoholic.

When they stop seeking support, they may continue their drinking, but now they have a head full of everything they’ve downloaded in their brief exposure to the all too common jargon of alcoholism and alcohol use disorder. This can cause more harm than good giving rise to fear and avoidance and fuel their need to misuse alcohol.

Hastily assuming the identity of an alcoholic or having an alcohol use disorder means a lifetime of managing a disease, also known as recovery.  There is nothing wrong with the latter, providing you are an alcoholic and not just assuming the identity because there’s no other consideration.

Read The Primed Drinker and learn how to avoid progressing along the drinking continuum toward alcoholism or accepting a diagnosis that may not be appropriate.

 

 

I blog, but not here

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I often get frustrated with myself because I don’t blog. But the truth is I blog every day at least once. It’s just not here. Have you been to the Pink Cloud Coaching Facebook page or Pink Cloud Coach on Instagram? How about the Facebook group Sober Revolutionaries? I rarely post a quick pic or anything without a message to go along with it. That’s where I spill my truth and thoughts every day.

It seems like a no-brainer to just pop onto my website and add a post but I’ll tell you what’s been my biggest obstacle is what’s in my head about what I’m supposed to do. Be consistent. No less than three hundred words. Make sure you’re using the “right” words.” Have a call to action. And before you know it a year has passed since my last post.

In the spirit of populating my blog and making sure you have something fresh and current to read when you land here, I will start sharing some of my posts and elaborate a bit further on them here.

And if you have something specific you’d like me to address or give my thoughts about… let me know because I do this for you.

I want you to know how powerful you are. How you are not what anybody says about you or what you’ve done in your past. You are full of potential and untapped magic. You have a purpose while on this planet, and my purpose is to help you see that you HAVE OTHER POSSIBILITIES TO EXPLORE.

Regardless, if alcohol is a problem for you or not I write and speak to women who feel trapped, powerless, helpless or hopeless. Because what I’ve found is alcohol typically is not the problem. It’s a coping mechanism. It’s a symptom. It’s a default. It’s a habit that can be changed without identifying as an alcoholic or signing up for a lifetime of recovery. If you’re not misusing alcohol and feel these things you’re probably misusing something else like tv, food, shopping, sex or fill in the blank.

Let’s set you free. Tell me what you want to explore and discuss.

With love, XoT

 

 

Teresa Rodden, Founder & Certified Life Coach

Wisdom from my real life experience, knowledge and skills from my professional certification and training, and a deep love and passion to help women break free from the prison that holds them captive. It’s one thing to make goals… It's a whole new life to create a Pink Cloud.

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Mom, I love you This is the dedication in my firs Mom, I love you

This is the dedication in my first book, Wholly Sober.

There are no words to express the depth of love I have for my mom. She is my why.

As I write these words, my breath collects in my belly, there is constriction around my heart, and tears flood my lower lids.

My Mom died sometime between Thursday night and Friday morning. So many questions, emotions, regrets, wish I had, should have, if only...
#whollysober 

Full post can be read at PinkCloudCoach(dot)com blog
Got my first Moderna shot today. My husband’s Got my first Moderna shot today. 

My husband’s ride is in the shop so I had to walk to Safeway to get it. While there I needed to pick up some groceries and knew what I bought I’d have to carry for a mile in the blistering 50-degree sun (it felt SO much hotter) 😆 I'm a moon 🌙 child what can I say. ♥️

About halfway home, I started thinking about when I was little mom didn't drive, and we’d have to walk a mile every time we needed groceries: mom and her three little ones.

And when I was a teen mom on public assistance and no car I’d have to walk with Co-bear (Cody, my oldest son) a mile or more and have to push a cart home and then return it.

Feeling thankful for the ability to walk a mile, buy groceries, and get vaccinated. 

#moderna #covidvacccine #whollysober
Oh, my loves, all of THIS 💖 You know I was red Oh, my loves, all of THIS 💖

You know I was reduced to ashes, and it was deciding to be true to what my soul craved that restored me. 

I knew to be free I would have to find another way. 

That required willingness, curiosity, courage, audacity, tenacity and a desire for truth & freedom. 

What do you crave more than choosing to go through life uncomfortably numb? 

#whollysober #beforeyoudrinkthinkpink #possibilities #intentions #neuroplasticity #kindness #alcoholcoach #30daysofyes #exploresober #soberfreedom #pinkcloudcoaching #egofriendly #whatdoyouwant #becoming
Hey Mags! You interrupted my video message 😆 Hey Mags! You interrupted my video message 😆 

Good thing she's cute 😉

Working hard on some stuff ;) major stuff! Like, life-changing stuff!!

More to come... 

#beforeyoudrinkthinkpink #relaunch #nextlevel #soberfreedom #itsnotaboutthealcohol #returntoself #connection
#whatsyourwhy
#pinkcloudcoaching #youfirst #lifecoachforwomen #whollysober #30daysofyes #july2021 #freedomtochoose #possibilities #intentions #neuroplasticity #kindness #becoming #stopthinkingaboutdrinking
Happy #nationalpetday This is my little Maggy Mo Happy #nationalpetday 

This is my little Maggy Moo, Moon Pie, Magnolia and sometimes HEY!!!

She is also my officemate, exercise partner, playmate and helps me cut calories by eating part of my meals.

Pets are good for reducing depression, anxiety, boredom, and loneliness which happen to be some of the prominent factors in misusing alcohol. 

#beforeyoudrinkthinkpink #possibilities #intentions #neuroplasticity #kindness 

#nationalpetday2021 #petsgoodforhealth #whollysober
“Don’t be afraid to ask the little girl still “Don’t be afraid to ask the little girl still in you... how they are doing. Be curious about how she’s experiencing life. What are her hopes and dreams? Fears and doubts?”

Read the full article through link in profile. PinkCloudCoaching dot com / blog

#beforeyoudrinkthinkpink #thinkpink #itsnotaboutthealcohol #sobernotabstinence #stopallornothing #focusonwhatyouwant #whodoyouwanttobe #reconnecttoyou #whollysober #soberrevolution #revolutionizeyourbeliefs #pinkcloudcoaching #rethinkingdrinking
Happy New Moon 🌙 #beforeyoudrinkthinkpink #Thi Happy New Moon 🌙

#beforeyoudrinkthinkpink #ThinkPINK

Explore POSSIBILITIES
Define INTENTIONS
Activate NEUROPLASTICITY
Always be KIND to yourself

Not necessarily in that order 💖

#newmoon #pinkcloudcoaching #empoweringwomen #confidence #selflove #soberrevolution #whollysober #soberisnotabstinence #stopallornothing #stopthinkingaboutdrinking 
#newmoonmagic
New blog post: “The photo captured me and a new New blog post:
“The photo captured me and a new friend I had made at church camp, Shannon. She was what I wrote about in Wholly Sober, a good girl. The picture is out of focus, but you can see that it’s me in my swimsuit, cut-off shorts, and pigtails on the right.

Even now, my stomach has an ache in it. As if there is a fist-sized knot pressing up against my heart, causing my breath to catch and giving me a bizarre tingly sensation through my body. Anxiety....

In Wholly Sober, I wrote about this pivotal moment in time.

“…I Would Never Be A Good Girl

Rather than trying to become what I could never be, I disconnected from God and the good girls to be on my own… I stopped thinking about God… I walked away and never looked back. 

I was twelve.

Coincidently that same year, I experienced my first intentional drunk…”

Link in profile 
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#pdpcycle #itsnotaboutthealcohol #bethewomanyouneeded #disconnected
Trying to convince Maggy we need to go for a run.. Trying to convince Maggy we need to go for a run.... It was an easy sell💖🐕🏃‍♀️
Let’s discuss the “I just want to stop thinkin Let’s discuss the “I just want to stop thinking” trigger or prompt to drink.

Drinking to avoid remembering, knowing, and feeling. We sometimes just use a shortcut for these reasons to drink and say something like, “I just want to stop thinking.”

I get it! Hell, I get it so good I am still haunted at times by memories that seem to pop out of nowhere trying to convince me that I am bad and deserve to suffer. I would be lying if I said I never fall victim to their seduction to shame.

So, what do I do since I don’t misuse alcohol to help put these random angry ghosts from my past back in the “do not open” drawer?

Go to the blog post at Pinkcloudcoach(dot)com/blog to find out 😉

#beforeyoudrinkthinkpink #whollysober #alcoholisnottheproblem #alcoholcoach #lifecoachforwomen #soberfreedom #sobermyway #pinkcloudsober
“Each time a woman stands up for herself, withou “Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.” - Maya Angelou

I felt this while I wrote #WhollySober and feeling it so deeply now.

#standup #rise #womensupportingwomen #womenempowerment #soberfreedom #soberpossibilities #alcoholcoach #stopthinkingaboutdrinking #soberisnotabstinence #questionsobriety
#soberforreal #sobermyway #freetobeme #beforeyoudrinkthinkpink #goingafterlifesober #soberfreedomadvocate
Thinking is hard; judging is easy. Before you dr Thinking is hard; judging is easy. 

Before you drink, Think P.I.N.K.

I want to add even if you drink, Think P.I.N.K.

What? You are not perfect? Who is?

Judging yourself will only cause more pain. Pain leads to drinking. Drinking leads to more problems. More problems causes what? 

More pain! 

Judging keeps you trapped in the PDP Cycle.

Set yourself free and Think P.I.N.K.

#beforeyoudrinkthinkpink #whollysober #stopjudging #pdpcycle
@gotwhey.club a tiny peak of some of what's to com @gotwhey.club a tiny peak of some of what's to come 🙌💓
Saturday workday! I'm not complaining; I'm excited Saturday workday! I'm not complaining; I'm excited about what's heading your way 🥰

#beforeyoudrinkthinkpink #soberfreedom #havingotherpossibilitiestoexplore #inspiredbyhope #pinkcloudcoaching #whollysober
“The prisoner who lost faith in their future was “The prisoner who lost faith in their future was doomed…” Viktor Franklyn

I read this, and like so many times, I read similar brilliant passages; I’m magically transported back to when I didn’t want to wake up anymore...

Read the rest at Pink Cloud Coaching (dot) com / blog

#beforeyoudrinkthinkpink #pinkcloudcoaching #whollysober #stopthinkingaboutdrinking
Coincidence this is a new sign on my morning run? Coincidence this is a new sign on my morning run?

Start with you first! Then the quality of energy, attention, and effort for others is optimal. 

#beforeyoudrinkthinkpink #kindness
The final video in this series but the first step The final video in this series but the first step in the P.I.N.K. Cloud process.

Enjoy!

The K in P.I.N.K. is for KINDNESS

We can be brutal when we make mistakes

when we swore off alcohol forever in a moment of panic

only with time and distance

we reason our resolve away or

tell ourselves we’ll just have one and end up having several

berating shaming and guilting only perpetuates the pain drinking problem cycle

What science has to say about being kind to ourselves

It lowers our heart rate and changes the length between heartbeats

this helps us respond more flexibly to situations which allows us to be open to explore other POSSIBILITIES

It calms the heart rate switching off the bodies threat response

which keeps us from reacting impulsively and helps us to remain focused on our INTENTIONS

When our bodies are in threat response, it shuts down our ability to create new neural pathways.  Remaining kind and calm are ideal for NEUROPLASTICITY (the ability to change our brains)!

 

Before you drink, Think PINK!

#beforeyoudrinkthinkpink #pinkcloudcoaching #kindness #30daysofyes
Why Pink Cloud? I’m Teresa Rodden, an advocate Why Pink Cloud?

I’m Teresa Rodden, an advocate for having other possibilities to explore and founder of Pink Cloud Coaching, established in 2012.

 

So why Pink Cloud? Because it was being told that I was on a pink cloud over 17 years ago that saved my sober life.

 

It got me thinking about my future and having an aspiration pulled me through relying on a nightly habit of drinking away pain, causing more problems that created more pain, and the cycle would continue.

 

BUT My pink cloud reminded me that I was moving forward, and the future was not set.

 

I had the power of choice, and the possibilities were limitless.

 

Pink Cloud Coaching offers an innovative approach for women who are curious or concerned about their drinking habit.

 

Before you make alcohol the enemy and swear off it forever in a moment of panic which could cause more harm than help

 

Learn more at Pinkcloudcoach(dot)com
“We got on with our life and focused on creating “We got on with our life and focused on creating the lives we wanted to live...Daydreaming and doing.” - excerpt Wholly Sober

#whollysober #beforeyoudrinkthinkpink #pinkcloudcoaching #possibilities #intentions #neuroplasticity #kindness
Be inspired by Having Other Possibilities to Expl Be inspired by 
Having
Other
Possibilities to
Explore 💖

#beforeyoudrinkthinkpink #exploresober #beinspiredbyhope #pinkcloudcoaching #yourenotdone #lifecoachforwomen
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