The Science of Alcohol: Why Change Feels So Hard w/ Phil Cowley
Why does alcohol feel so hard to cut back on or quit all together? Joining me is Phil Cowley, a pharmacist with over 20 years of experience who’s known for simplifying complex health topics so that anyone can understand. Today, he’s going to help us break down the science behind alcohol’s grip.
10 Tips for Dealing with Loneliness
Loneliness can be rough for anyone. Research shows that it can trigger anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem, all emotions that people often try to mask by self-medicating with alcohol. If you have been aboard the mindful drinking train in order to cut back on your alcohol intake, loneliness can be potentially derailing.
Gray Area Drinking: How to Drink Within Your Limits
Gray area drinking refers to alcohol consumption that falls between excessive drinking and every-now-and-then drinking.
If you’re a gray area drinker, you might not notice any serious warning signs about your drinking habits. You don’t wake up with a splitting headache each day. Nor has your drinking landed you into trouble with the law or your employers.
Planning for Dry(ish) January: How Focusing on Habit Science Can Help
Cutting back for good means changing the habits that lead to reaching for a drink. And if you partner with Sunnyside for Dry(ish) January, you’ll get the guidance and encouragement you need to replace bad habits with good ones.
Reframe vs. Sunnyside: Which is right for your mindful drinking journey?
So if you’re reading this, you’re probably searching for a way to improve your relationship with alcohol to some degree. We encourage you to find the solution that’s right for what you need right now. But most likely you’ve heard of both Sunnyside and Reframe. In this article we’ll tell you why we think you should use Sunnyside (that’s us!) and why you might consider Reframe as an alternative.
Do You Know Your Alcohol Number?
You’ve heard the phrase, but what’s at the heart of mindful drinking? Essentially it’s about paying attention and understanding the reasons you’re drinking.
Drink Tracking Apps: An Easy and Effective Way to Drink Mindfully
We try new apps because they seem potentially useful; we stick with the best ones because they work. We track so many things today using technology – so why not use a drink tracking app such as Sunnyside?
Cutback Coach (now Sunnyside), a program to help us build healthier drinking habits in 2021, raises $3.1M seed from leading venture firms
SAN FRANCISCO, January 13, 2021 — Cutback Coach (now Sunnyside), a new program focused on helping the 70% of US adults who regularly drink build healthier habits around alcohol consumption, has raised $3.1 million in Seed funding. Funding was led by Stephanie Palmeri of Uncork Capital. Other investors in the round include Nico Wittenborn of Adjacent; James Park, Founder of Fitbit; Mike Lee, Founder of MyFitnessPal; Logan Green, Founder and CEO of Lyft; Nir Eyal, author of Hooked and Indistractable; and angel investor Kevin Carter, among others.
How Sunnyside Can Help You Achieve Your Healthy Drinking Goals
With any self-improvement project, it’s easy (and logical) to start by focusing on the outcomes we wish to achieve. When we start new diets, we focus on the pounds we’d like to shed.
Let’s Explore Strategies for Healthier Drinking, Together
I grew up in a household with two parents recovering from alcohol addiction (they’ve given me permission to post this). When I started to drink in my early teens — and it became clear that I too had a tendency to overdo it — my parents spoke openly with me about their journey to sobriety, and helped instill in me an awareness of my own habits.