What is grey area drinking?
ARE YOU A GREY AREA DRINKER?
It's someone who:
💡drinks somewhere between 'now and again' and 'rock bottom'
💡when they do drink often drink more than they would like or had planned to
💡can take breaks from alcohol but it never lasts
💡it doesn't appear to others that drinking is problematic
💡silently worries, regrets, and frets about drinking
There are SO MANY people who sit in the grey area! It's the bulk of people who drink alcohol.
And that can make it really hard when you're considering whether there's an 'issue' because your benchmark is the 'rock bottom' drinker. You don't fit that mould; with rehabs and AA and recovery groups. So it's easy to stay locked in denial for longer and longer.
Grey area drinkers are often high functioning drinkers. Alcohol is taking up way too much of their head space, as they negotiate with themselves constantly around their drinking.
Want to hop off this merry-go-round? As an accredited grey area drinking coach, I can help.
