So I was nervous to tell her I’d stopped drinking because she knows me. She knows I quit three years ago. She’s been worried about me in the past. She was crazy proud of me for stopping before and kindly looked away with quiet support when I went back to my wolfie 22 months ago. So I knew if I told her I’d stopped again, it wouldn’t be a gloss over moment the way it is with other people.
There are so many benefits to giving up alcohol for 100 days.
Now, after five years of sobriety, I know this couldn’t be further from the truth. Getting rid of alcohol was the portal to living Sober living home my best life, the complete opposite of what I was expecting. I am so excited to share a few reasons why I love living an alcohol-free lifestyle.
What health benefits are associated with reducing (or eliminating) alcohol?
Ask yourself the question, could my life be better physically and emotionally without alcohol? And a little voice somewhere will probably view listen to this will say hell yes. Yes, it would, in which case, quit? Could your life be better? I just don’t believe that if it’s a thing for you, it’s a thing.
Stable Moods/Improved Mental Health
And I drank for 22 more months. So that’s, you know, that’s another good tip. Nutritionally, I’m a really big fan of alcohol free drinks. By that I mean, grown up drinks. So not, you know, I don’t want coke or orange juice, because I’m not 12, right, I want a nice drink and a nice glass. And so, I you know, my mantra is keep the ritual, change the ingredients.
Reasons to Love an Alcohol-Free Lifestyle
And it’s, it’s pretty crazy. I’m so grateful that I, I, I don’t have a lot of drinking memories here because I only drank for five months. And I really wasn’t doing it. A lot of creative stuff because I was caught in this, you know, bartending party girl drink to you blackout loop.
And my husband drinks one or two beers a night. I know he doesn’t have sort of a quote unquote problem. But somehow all these folks in this hip sobriety school Facebook group who are supposed to not be drinking, right, that’s why they’re there, or boozing it up and it’s totally bothering me. Yeah, it’s, it can be amazingly healing in the first few weeks of sobriety stew, that it’s almost like a form of meditation, just do that brain dump. And just see what happens.
I wasn’t even really tempted to drink, I was just super annoyed and mad. Anyway, tomorrow is day 70 and my daughter’s second birthday. My husband is out tonight.
- And then for the long weekend.
- It feels more normal and more natural.
- I feel optimistic about my future.
- So folks are running around and pulling numbers and PowerPoint presentations together like crazy.
And then the very first time there at some, something celebratory, the little inner toddler starts saying, Well, this is really rubbish. Because they’re all celebrating with a lovely grown up drink, and I’ve got a crap cup of tea. And so, then it all kicks off, you know, whereas if you’ve prepped in advance, and you’ve got a lovely glass of something grown up, then you’re good to go. So, it’s really you have to do the prep, you have to have that ready, and you’re sober toolkit. And it’s also one of the first books that I recommend, especially to working women or women who have reframing holidays in early recovery been in the working world previously with smaller children. Yeah, because I think you’re exactly right.