Drink Less Melbourne · Saturday 8 August 2026 | Georgia Foster
Melbourne Live Event · Saturday 8 August 2026

Drink less.
Without the daily negotiation.

A fun, liberating one-day experience - walk out at 3:45pm already drinking less, feeling uplifted, empowered, and completely in control.

Saturday, 8th August 2026 Melbourne CBD
10:00am - 3:45pm
Reserve My Seat - $297 → Seats are strictly limited - this is an intentionally small room.

A private, discreet event. No public attendee list, no social tagging - nobody needs to know you were ever here.

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Nothing is wrong with you. Your mind has simply been trained one way - and it can be trained another.

Georgia Foster, Clinical Hypnotherapist

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Does this sound like your evening?

You pour the first glass to take the edge off the day. You mean for it to be one.

By the time dinner's on the table, the bottle's already half gone - and you're not even sure when that happened.

Later, lying awake at 3am with that low hum of anxiety, you do the quiet math. How much did I actually have tonight? And you promise yourself: tomorrow, I'll cut back.

You mean it completely. And then tomorrow comes, and the negotiation starts all over again.

Here's the part nobody says out loud: you're not an alcoholic. You function. You're good at your life. But alcohol has quietly started running a little more of the show than you're comfortable with - and you're tired of pretending you're not thinking about it.

If any of that landed, you're exactly who this day is for.

Why drinking less feels harder than it should

Most people believe they drink too much because they lack willpower. They don't.

They drink because their nervous system has learned that alcohol equals relief, reward, connection, or switch-off. Especially at the end of the day, in social situations, or when emotions run high.

That's why "just one" becomes more. Why willpower works... until it doesn't. Why guilt follows promises that felt completely genuine.

"You don't need more discipline. You need the right internal switch."

After this one day, most people notice:

01

The inner negotiation ends.

Alcohol loses its urgency - not because you force it, but because your brain simply responds differently.

02

Drinking becomes a choice, not a reflex.

You can enjoy a glass and stop - without willpower, without white-knuckling it.

03

The inner chatter quietens.

No more morning guilt. No more Monday resolutions. Calm replaces the mental noise.

04

You don't have to quit.

This is about middle-ground drinking - alcohol that enhances life instead of dulling it.

Why willpower failed you - and why this won't

Here's the thing willpower gets wrong.

Willpower works at the conscious level - the part of your brain that already knows you should drink less. But that's not where the habit lives.

The reach-for-a-drink reflex lives in the unconscious - the same automatic system that drives you home without thinking about the turns. You can't logic your way out of it, which is exactly why "knowing better" has never been enough.

Hypnosis works at that deeper level. Through focused relaxation, it gently interrupts the old "pour a drink" pattern and lays down a calmer one in its place. No fighting cravings. No summoning discipline. The change feels like it came from you - because it did.

That's the whole reason it works fast when everything else has felt like a battle. You're no longer fighting your own brain. You're finally working with it.

And it works whether you've been over-drinking for months or for decades - because it taps into the same part of the brain that learns any new habit. No prior experience needed. You don't even need to feel "hypnotised" for it to take.

The science, in plain numbers

Hypnosis isn't a stage trick or wishful thinking. It's one of the most studied tools in behaviour change - and the research is hard to argue with.

93%

Recovery rate

In a landmark comparison of therapy approaches, hypnotherapy showed a 93% recovery rate after just 6 sessions, versus 38% after 600 sessions of psychoanalysis. (Barrios, 1970)

Faster

Change takes hold

Because hypnosis works where habits actually form - the unconscious - change tends to take hold in a fraction of the time of talk-based approaches.

No

"Special ability" needed

Research consistently shows the large majority of people are responsive enough to hypnosis to benefit. You don't need to be "suggestible" or to feel like anything dramatic happened.

Every mind is different, and results vary from person to person - but the reason this work has lasted decades is simple: it works with how your brain already learns.

Georgia Foster

Georgia Foster - Clinical Hypnotherapist

"My goal is to help 1 million Australians drink less - without having to quit."

Georgia Foster · Clinical Hypnotherapist · Melbourne

I'm Melbourne born and bred. I'm 60, I enjoy my Chardonnay, and I'm not willing to give it up. My husband Ian is 56 and enjoys his cold beers too. So when I talk about drinking less without quitting, I'm not speaking from theory - I'm speaking from lived experience.

Earlier in my life I drank because I was shy and didn't feel good about myself. Alcohol helped me feel more confident, more at ease - until it quietly became something I relied on.

When I discovered the power of hypnosis and trained at one of Europe's largest clinical hypnosis colleges, everything changed. I ran a London business-district clinic for 30 years, working privately with executives, bankers, lawyers, business owners, and homemakers - all quietly worried about their drinking. Not because they wanted to quit. But because they didn't want alcohol running the show.

And I got it. Completely. Because that's exactly how I felt too.

What we were all really looking for wasn't abstinence. It was middle-ground drinking - a place where drinking is slower and more mindful, alcohol enhances life instead of dulling it, and choice replaces habit.

That's exactly what this day is designed to help you experience. Nothing about this work is about giving things up. It's about enjoying them without the noise.

"She has hypnotised billionaires, politicians, actors and high-profile musicians, though she's far too discreet to name names."

"In the day following, I left two boozy dinner parties sober, having had less than a couple of glasses of wine without giving it much thought. I feel stronger, partly due to a new awareness of my personal triggers."

"Let's be honest, nobody wants to live in a non-alcohol world. It's about you managing your alcohol, as opposed to it managing you. It's about not using drink as escapism from day-to-day problems."

Who this seminar is for

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Social drinkers who want confidence that's genuinely their own - not something poured from a glass.

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Career professionals who want to perform at their best without alcohol as the end-of-day crutch.

The health-focused who feel it in their weight, their sleep, their liver, and their morning clarity - and want that back.

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Parents and grandparents who want to be fully present, and quietly done with the guilt about drinking around the people who matter most.

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Empty nesters rebuilding the day around something better than the glass that filled the space the kids left behind.

What actually happens

This is a fun day. Not arduous, not confronting, not a therapy session. Expect lightbulb moments, laughter, and a room full of people who completely get it.

You arrive

Curious, maybe a little sceptical

Carrying the mental noise that brought you here.

During the day

Engaging, relaxing, genuinely enjoyable

Three hypnosis sessions, real insight, and the quiet relief of realising you're not the only one.

By 3:45pm

You walk out uplifted, empowered, and already different

Already drinking less, and feeling genuinely good about it.

Session 1 · Morning

Why your mind learned to rely on alcohol

Understand the nervous-system patterns behind your drinking, and why willpower was never the real answer.

Session 2 · Mid-morning

Live group hypnosis, the first reset

Deeply relaxing, not intimidating. This is where the old pattern first gets interrupted.

Session 3 · After lunch

The internal switch

Practical tools plus the second hypnosis session, where the shift from effort to ease really starts to land.

Session 4 · Afternoon

Real-world tools and the final session

Tools you can use that very evening, plus a third deep session to anchor your calmer new relationship with alcohol.

They didn't want to stop. They just wanted to stop worrying about it.

What this day is - and isn't

This is NOT:

  • A lecture or information session
  • A support group or 12-step program
  • A rule-based framework to memorise
  • A quit-drinking agenda
  • Publicly listed - your privacy is fully protected

It IS grounded in:

  • Neuroscience and how your brain forms habits
  • Clinical hypnosis, with 30 years of results behind it
  • Emotional intelligence and real self-understanding
  • Real-world tools that work in actual life
  • A path to enjoying alcohol - not disappearing from it

Before you decide

Yes, completely. The event is held in a private venue with no public attendee list and no social tagging. Attendees don't know each other's reasons for being there - what happens in the room stays in the room. Many of Georgia's clients are high-profile professionals; discretion is fundamental to how she works.
Everyone experiences hypnosis differently, but everyone can be guided into a relaxed, receptive state. You don't need to "go under" or lose awareness - the techniques work even if you feel wide awake. In fact, many people who think "nothing happened" notice the biggest changes in the days that follow.
No. This is not a support group and there's no compulsory sharing. The hypnosis sessions are individual inner experiences, even though they happen in a group setting. You engage at whatever level feels comfortable.
Most people in the room have already tried willpower, rules, apps, or dry months. This works differently - it targets the emotional and neurological patterns underneath the behaviour, not the behaviour itself. Many attendees describe it as the first thing that actually worked.
Melbourne CBD. Full venue details, parking, and what to bring are emailed to you after booking. It's easily reached by public transport.
There's a 14-day money-back guarantee. Attend the full day, and if you don't feel a meaningful shift within two weeks, email Georgia directly for a full refund. No forms, no hoops, no judgement.

A private hypnosis session with Georgia is $600.
What you experience across this one day is the equivalent of three.

$1,800
Private-session value
$297
Your seat today

That's $1,800 of private-session value in a single day.

Go home with everything you need to keep it going

The day starts the change. These take it home with you, so the shift keeps settling in long after 3:45pm.

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Drink Less in 7 Days book + full MP3 library

Georgia's complete at-home program in book and audio form. Listen in the car, before bed, or whenever the old pull shows up - reinforcement whenever you need it.

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The full Alcohol-Free Day program

Even if you haven't had a single alcohol-free day in 20 years, this is the perfect next step after the seminar. A gentle, guided way to prove to yourself just how easily you can do it now.

The 14-Day Liver Cleanse Plan

For anyone who wants to look after their liver while they cut back. A simple two-week plan to help your body feel the benefit as fast as your mind does.

Total value: $139 - yours free with your seat.

Saturday, 8 August · Melbourne CBD

Seats are strictly limited - this is an intentionally small room, and these events fill up.

The equivalent of $1,800 in private sessions

plus a $139 support library

$497 $297

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Everything included:

  • Full-day seminar
  • Three live group hypnosis sessions (a $1,800 value in private-session terms)
  • Real-world tools you can use that same evening
  • Drink Less in 7 Days book + full MP3 library
  • The full Alcohol-Free Day program
  • The 14-Day Liver Cleanse Plan
  • Complete discretion - no public attendee list
Yes - Reserve My Seat for $297 →
14-day money-back guarantee. Attend the day, and if you don't feel a meaningful shift within two weeks, email Georgia directly for a full refund. No pressure. No judgement. Just trust.

If any part of you felt a quiet "yes" reading this - trust it. This is your invitation.

Reserve My Seat - $297 →

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Saturday, 8 August 2026 · Melbourne CBD 10:00am - 3:45pm · Seats strictly limited
Reserve - $297