My energy levels seem to have doubled: I used to wake up groggy, feeling like everyone around me had a head start to the day when I wanted to stay in bed… now I’m the person running at 6:30 am on a Saturday. ![]() Forget diet and exercise, this is the single simplest life change I’ve made with the most visible (and internal) benefits. On paper, I wasn’t doing anything detrimental, but the immediate effects of stopping alcohol have been extreme in a way I’ve found surprising. I feel like a car post-MOT – shinier, faster, betterĭrinking is so ingrained in UK culture that most of us don’t stop to think about the effect that one glass is having on us – especially when we tick the box of ‘unproblematic’ drinking. How facing my phobia in my 40s completely changed my life in an unexpected way On day two of the challenge, I went to a Sober Sweat dance class/social mixer with the Sober Girl Society, danced my heart out to moves choreographed by dancer AJ O’Neill and chatted to a group of very lovely and vibrant non-drinkers. What else could make me feel more confident in my skin, ease my social anxiety, loosen my tongue when I had nothing to say and help push away my feelings of inadequacy when I ‘messed up’ an art project or fitness move?Įxcept, that’s not what happened. July was looking like it would be heavy on the drinking: I’d been selected for a 30-events-in-30-days challenge with Eventbrite, which involved me going to activities and socialising with strangers daily.Īlcohol, I imagined, would pretty much be a requirement if I was going to make it through those 30 days. Stopping seemed so extreme it felt easier to stumble along with my status quo. I thought I could keep going like that indefinitely with booze: not hating it, not loving it, but also not contemplating a life without it. I didn’t always feel amazing the next day, and increasingly, I felt worse the less I had to drink.ĭISCOVER: 24 of the best alcohol-free and low alcohol drinks It helped me escape the turbulence of my mind. That one drink a day held a lot of power: I enjoyed it as a treat. I enjoyed drinking.īut emotionally, since the pandemic, I’ve felt more enmeshed with alcohol than I was comfortable with. ![]() ![]() I’d never wanted to stop for good, though. I totally changed my life in 30 days - here’s how
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