10 Ways To Drink Less This Holiday Season

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10 Ways To Drink Less This Holiday Season

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Introduction

• It seems like every gathering you go to from
  Thanksgiving to New Years involves some kind of
  alcohol. Tis the season for hot toddiesand
  champagne, and cocktails, and endless glasses of
  wine. Getting into the holiday spirit with
  spirits is so pervasive that weve even dedicated
  the month of January to detoxing. Drinking is
  more excessive during the holidays its like
  you hit a green light that wont turn red again
  until New Years Day and you think you can drink
  without consequences because its the holidays.

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10 Expert Backed Strategies To Drink Less
During The Holidays

• 1. Start a new habit
• Once you've identified an unhealthy
  habitmaybe you're constantly sipping on a
  cocktail just to avoid feeling awkward at the
  company partyit's time to break it. "In order to
  change a habit, you need to practice a new
  routine that replaces an old one," says
  Scritchfield. Instead of reaching for a refill
  every time you get anxious at the office party,
  crunch on some crudités instead. And don't drop
  your drinking alternative once the ball drops on
  NYE. "Continuing to practice this new routine is
  keyit takes about six months for a practice to
  become a habit," Scritchfield says.
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10 Expert Backed Strategies To Drink Less
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• 2. Think About Each Drink As A
  
  Spoonful Of Sugar
• You wouldn't shovel 10 gingerbread cookies
  into your mouth. Why not give the same attention
  to your alcohol servings? "Be mindful that
  alcohol turns to sugar in the body, says
  Boucher. "Think of that cocktail as a heaping
  spoonful of sugarthat may be enough of a visual
  to help you keep things in check.
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10 Expert Backed Strategies To Drink Less
During The Holidays

• 3. Destress before you socialize
• Between tackling your gift list, baking
  treats for your book club's holiday gathering,
  and navigating a million family commitments, it
  can feel like you need that drink (or three) at
  the holiday party. "Women tend to overeat and
  drink too much when they're stressed, says
  Boucher. Instead of stress sipping, spend five
  minutes doing yoga or meditating before hitting
  the bar. Destressing even a little bit can help
  you curb your alcohol intake.

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10 Expert Backed Strategies To Drink Less
During The Holidays

• 4. Reach for a new nightcap
• All that seasonal stress can also mean
  "drinking becomes a way to wind down and shut
  your brain off from the endless to-do list," says
  Boucher. If you notice yourself getting in the
  habit of opening a bottle of wine to help take
  the edge off before bed, try to find an
• alternative nighttime ritual to swap out for
  the booze, says Scritchfield. Give yourself a
  post-shower massage with a little lavender oil,
  draw an Instagram-worthy bath, or take some
  melatonin with a festive cup of peppermint tea.

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10 Expert Backed Strategies To Drink Less
During The Holidays

• 5. Water down your drink
• We've all heard that you should follow the 11
  ratioone glass of water for every alcoholic
  drink. But walking around with water in your hand
  for half the night can feel unfestive or be easy
  to forget. Instead, ask the bartender to make
  your cocktails with half a shot or reach for a
  wine spritzer instead of a regular glass. If
  you're a beer drinker, pick the brew with the
  lowest alcohol percentage and stick to it for the
  evening. "You get to enjoy the taste, it feels
  social, but you won't get the hangover," says
  Boucher.

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10 Expert Backed Strategies To Drink Less
During The Holidays

• 6. Call it an early night
• Holiday drinking tends to go from spirited to
  sht-faced as the night wears on. If you're
  trying to stick to healthy drinking habits, head
  out before the shots start pouring. "Most times I
  find that two hours is plenty of time to talk to
  the people I want to talk to and make my exit
  before the party becomes all about the drinking,"
  Boucher says.

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10 Expert Backed Strategies To Drink Less
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• 7. Bring a friend to make things less awkward
• That peppermint martini is a tempting
  antidote to your social anxiety. "Your mind may
  be telling you people will enjoy being around you
  more after a few drinks,'" says Scritchfield.
  While a drink might help loosen you up, it can
  actually make social anxiety worse. Bring a
  friend as your social lubricant insteadshe can
  help you carry the conversation without giving
  you a hangover.

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10 Expert Backed Strategies To Drink Less
During The Holidays

• 8. Avoid drama
• "People may also reach for a drink to help
  them deal with being around difficult people,
  Scritchfield says. As much as you love your
  family, they can be a lot to deal with at the
  holidays. "It's healthier to have an agreement
  with yourself like, 'I will make small talk with
  this person, but I will also surround myself with
  the family I get along with and give myself
  plenty of me time,'" she says. If Uncle Rudy and
  Aunt Jean start fighting over politics (again)
  don't let it drive you to drink. "I was taught to
  visualize a Hula-Hoop around my waistanything
  outside of the Hula-Hoop is none of my business,"
  says Boucher. "Works like a charm."

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10 Expert Backed Strategies To Drink Less
During The Holidays

• 9. Audit your hangover
• When you do go overboard at the holiday
  party, don't just throw it in the regrets column
  and move on with a couple aspirin. "Think about
  what caused you to drink excessively and write it
  down," advises Dr. Cidambi. Before heading to
  another fête, have another way of dealing in
  mind.
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10 Expert Backed Strategies To Drink Less
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• 10. Learn to say "no thank you"and support
  others when they do
• "It's okay to decline a cocktail," says
  Scritchfield. If you don't want that third drink,
  you don't need to explain yourself or make up an
  excuse. "We need to support people who say no
  thank you and not make their refusal the next
  topic of conversation. I've seen too many women
  get shamed for not buying into the excessive
  drinking culture," she adds. If you really don't
  want to deal with everyone asking why you're "no
  fun," head to the bar and get yourself a seltzer
  with lime, says Boucher. "Once you have something
  in your hand, people don't ask why you're not
  drinking."

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