31/12/2022
Today marks 6 years off the sauce for me.
To celebrate, I wanted to put something out there that may help someone that is considering giving up alcohol for health or other reasons.
These six things I wish I’d have thought a little more about before I quit.
I think it would have made the journey a little easier, and quicker.
1) If you’re an introvert like me, you may use booze to open up and be more social. I think the big lesson here is that you have your own powerful ways of connecting with people that don’t require you to be the life of the party. Your job is to reconnect with those superpowers.
2) If considering that your identity is totally wrapped up in alcohol as the centerpiece, and that scares you, consider that getting in touch with who you actually are underneath the masks you where might be the greatest gift you can give yourself
3) You may find that you only shared one thing in common with some people in your life, and that’s drinking. It’s all good, move on, and know that as you change, relationships will also change.
4) Do you use booze to relax? Exercise of meditate. Do you use it to get out of your shell and be social? Join a booze-free club or meetup.
5) Unless you have some physical ailment directly linked to your alcohol consumption, quitting will not cure you of anything, but it will start you on a journey of healing that would have been difficult if not impossible otherwise.
6) You may fee like without alcohol, you are less… fun, cool, sexy, exciting, interesting, social, or whatever else. In reality, it’s the opposite. Alcohol suppresses the things about you that make you more of all of those things.
If you’re seriously considering this move, I wish you the best, and I hope a little insight into my journey helps.
If you’re planning to get smashed tonight for NYE, have fun, be safe, don’t drive, and cheers to a fabulous 2023.
