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March 6, 2023 / Blog Tamara
Blogger speaking
It's Saturday morning, after another successful alcohol-free week! What I especially notice about myself is that I'm starting to feel more and more. Like opening the curtains. This feels very…
March 6, 2023 / Background
Laughter is really healthy
And, how will it fit? Are you still just as cheerful as before you participated in IkPas, or is your mood showing the first cracks and cracks? If you or…
March 5, 2023 / Blog Tony
Blogger speaking
Previous Challenges and SMART (=Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Time-bound) Goals. My first alcohol break lasted no less than four years. Frankly, this period was born out of necessity rather than me…
March 4, 2023 / Blog charlotte
Blogger speaking
First introduce myself; I am Charlotte and mother of three sons and one daughter. With my job, a big family and a husband who flies, it's always hectic…
March 2, 2023 / Blog Renata
Blogger speaking
My very first blog ever and never thought this would be about an alcohol-free period! I'm Renate, 49 and single mother of 3 wonderful teenagers. And since some…
March 2, 2023 / Background
Dealing with 'thirst' during a break
If your social appointments before your alcohol break were accompanied by a (generous) sip of alcohol, you will face this challenge at every drink, birthday or other social event with a non-alcoholic drink…
February 27, 2023 / Blog Tamara
Blogger speaking
First I will introduce myself. I'm Tamara and I'm 38 years old. A mother of a sweet six-year-old daughter, and together with…
February 27, 2023 / Background
The good feeling of stopping
We don't have to explain to you that temporarily not drinking alcohol has all kinds of benefits. This is also evident from studies among previous participants in IkPas. Yet saying 'no' feels like…
February 27, 2023 / Blog Linda
Blogger speaking
Heavens, I signed up to write a blog (I've never used that word), but now that I'm invited to it, it's exciting. My name…
February 26, 2023 / Blog Tony
Blogger speaking
Nature or Nurture? Nurture (=environment) When my father came home tired from work in the early 1970s, a bottle of white wine was first uncorked. You don't hear that in the…
February 25, 2023 / Background
Do nothing at all: listen to a podcast
On a Sunday like this, you may be looking for a pastime. A tip from us to you, these bite-sized podcasts make the hours slip by by themselves. Honest about alcohol…
February 23, 2023 / Background
Oops, as a woman you can handle alcohol worse
Are you a woman and have you already had the menopause? Then you can handle alcohol worse than a man of the same age, for example. Or is that unfair? Yes. Or…
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