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Tips & Tools

Congratulations on making the decision to decrease your alcohol use! This section is intended to provide you with helpful tips and specific tools to help you succeed with your goals.

Tools & Strategies for decreasing your alcohol use:

Following is a list of common strategies for decreasing your alcohol use. Please click on the blue tab to receive a handout or tool to help you put your strategy into action!

I will decrease my alcohol intake by 1 drink each day

I will decrease my weekly alcohol intake to meet the moderate drinking guidelines

I will join a support group for decreasing my alcohol intake

I will ask my spouse, family member, care giver, or friend to help me to decrease my alcohol intake

I will avoid social situations where people drink

Tips for for decreasing your alcohol use: What to do when…

I have the urge to drink but I am committed to cutting out alcohol

I drink when I am stressed out

I feel like I would do better with decreasing my alcohol if I felt better

I’ve tried cutting back on my drinking in the past and it has not worked

I want to stop drinking but my spouse drinks and keeps alcohol in the house