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If you’re looking to make long-term changes to your drinking behaviour, consider subbing your gin for a little meditation during this happy hour.
That’s the message from meditation teacher Rory Kinsella who stopped drinking alcohol some three years ago after attending an alcohol-free meditation retreat in Mexico and continuing the sober life on return.
Dry July can be a great opportunity to try meditation, using it to overcome cravings and to start re-wiring our brains to reduce the compulsion to drink.
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“Meditation is a good bridge between partying and sobriety because it takes you out of your mind and your thoughts into a place of peace,” Sydney-based Kinsella says.
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âPeople are fatiguedâ: Mental health services still in high demand
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Demand for mental health services remains higher than normal as the pandemic year has left Australians âfatiguedâ and anxious about their ability to cope with new challenges in 2021.
In February the number of mental health treatments subsidised by Medicare and the number of contacts answered by Lifeline both had double-digit growth, while in January one in five people told the Australian Bureau of Statistics their mental health was worse than a year ago.