Overcoming Overwhelm: Practical Strategies for Beating Decision Fatigue

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Develop new activities and interests. Find new hobbies, volunteer activities, or work that gives you a sense of meaning and purpose. When you're doing things you find fulfilling, you'll feel better about yourself and drinking will hold less appeal. SMART Recovery – Self-Management and Recovery Training (SMART) is a program that aims to achieve abstinence through self-directed change. (SMART Recovery)

Do you feel like you're powerless or weak? That bad things happen and there's not much you can do about it? That your situation is hopeless? Depression puts a negative spin on everything, including the way you see yourself and your expectations for the future. Take action. Consider staging a family meeting or an intervention, but don't put yourself in a dangerous situation. Offer your support along each step of the recovery journey. This section will be updated with lots of information, advice and features to help families understand and cope better with their loved one’s OCD.

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People will forget what you said and did, but they will never forget how you made them feel.”—Maya Angelou Bible, Jonath iv. 8 The sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die. You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do.”—Eleanor Roosevelt

There's some evidence that talking therapies such as counselling or cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) might help to fight fatigue, or tiredness caused by stress, anxiety or low mood. The symptoms listed above may be a sign of a severe form of alcohol withdrawal called delirium tremens, or DTs. This rare, emergency condition causes dangerous changes in the way your brain regulates your circulation and breathing, so it's important to get to the hospital right away. Get support Firth J, Gangwisch JE, Borsini A, Wootton RE, Mayer EA. Food and mood: How do diet and nutrition affect mental wellbeing?. BMJ. 2020:m2382. doi:10.1136/bmj.m2382Talk to someone you trust: your sponsor, a supportive family member or friend, or someone from your faith community. Sohal M, et al. (2022). Efficacy of journaling in the management of mental illness: A systematic review and meta-analysis.