JUST BECAUSE YOU THINK IT, DOESN’T MAKE IT TRUE – ASK THE ELEPHANTS!

Over the next few weeks in the build-up to the launch of my book “WALKING BACK TO HAPPINESS - THE SECRET TO ALCOHOL-FREE LIVING & WELL-BEING” to be published in May / June 2022, I will be sharing insights into the life changing experiences I encountered on my first year of going alcohol-free. I’m currently on Day 487…

When circus elephants are young, their trainers tie a rope to their back leg and wrap it around a stake in the ground. The baby elephant is not strong enough to break free and hurts its leg in trying to do so. In time, it learns to be constrained and gives up trying to escape.

Later, as a fully mature adult, the trainer… only has to tie a small rope around the elephant’s leg and attach the other end to any pole or stake, and a 5,000kg elephant believes it is trapped, Even though it has amazing strength and power to break free. It has been conditioned not to use its power and strength.

Many of us are like elephants – powerful spiritual beings, with amazing strength, yet due to conditioning we hold ourselves back and fail to realise their potential.

We live out the same beliefs that we have been programmed to believe without ever questioning them.

When I first heard this story, it blew me away…

Life is one gigantic self-fulfilling prophecy. We spend our whole life telling stories about ourselves. These stories become real and are often full of debilitating and limiting beliefs.

I was telling myself a story that I was a drinker. I needed to drink for my job. It made me relax. It made me happy.

My limiting belief without one shadow of doubt was that I was NOT 100% in control of my alcohol intake. I had some control but I could not stop drinking for more than a few days at a time, I drank most evenings and every weekend. I was overweight, unfit, short of breath and this was all caused by this one belief that I could not control alcohol. So therefore it controlled me.

My identity is defined by who I believe I am and who I believe I am not!

My decisions are controlled by my identity.

My best thinking had got me where I was. The big question was could I be somewhere better? Yes, I could.

To make a shift in my identity I needed to redefine myself – I am not my behaviour – I am my beliefs. This one saying is so powerful because if you just stop drinking only using the will power method you really are still a drinker. It is only when you firmly believe you are a non-drinker that you free yourself.?

The secret is to understand that beliefs are not always facts! Remember, just because you think it, doesn’t make it true!

ABOUT THE BOOK

"WALKING BACK TO HAPPINESS - THE SECRET TO ALCOHOL-FREE LIVING & WELL-BEING" is the story of how a?50-something-year-old,?who had been locked into the habit of drinking alcohol for over 35 years,?finally woke up and said, "I want a different life"; how he found his purpose and in doing so, transformed his mind and body; how he lost 30% of his body weight and made anxiety and sleepless nights a thing of the past.

Set out in six sections…

The book follows my experiences over the first year of alcohol-free living, covering:

-???????Time To Act: Day 1

-???????The Journey Begins: The First Few Days

-???????Discovering The New You: The First Few Weeks

-???????Understanding The New You: The First Few Months

-???????The New You: Beyond 90 Days

-???????A New Life: One Year & Beyond

?Each chapter comprises…

-???????My Story

-???????What I Learnt

-???????Steps You Can Take

-???????Key Learnings

?The book will help you:

-???????Identify your values

-???????Cement your beliefs

-???????Find your purpose

-???????Reduce your anxiety

-???????Lose weight

-???????Improve your well-being

-???????Discover the power of mindfulness & meditation

-???????Be more present

-???????Unleash your alcohol-free superpower

-???????Transform your mind & body

To be published in May / June 2022. Available on Amazon, other leading book sellers and through www.9kmby9am.com

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