Red Kites Life

When I first started Dry January lots of people talked about QuitLit and recommended various books to help on the journey.  However, I totally failed to identify with any of the stories, journals or diaries. I was either too old, not a mum coping with kids or not working in a high-alcohol environment. And I had also not had a wake-up call or *rock bottom* moment that many of the stories talked about.  So I've tended to find my "QuitLit" in other places: mainly books and podcasts about change, building good habits, more factual books about the effects and harms of alcohol, and other reputable content about building a healthy lifestyle in all its forms. This has also included content on will-power (that gets a blog all of its own!) and self-discipline.  So no surprise that this book caught my eye. OK, the doughnut caught my eye! Which is actually a bit ironic considering what follows! I focused on the section entitled "The 5 mental hindrances to self-discipline" a...