Wow – almost a week since I’ve had a drink, even with the Super Bowl today!
The journey is going well – the urge to drink is pretty low these days, especially today and yesterday (the weekend). I don’t know if I’m seeing a huge difference in anything physical, but it is nice to get-up in the morning and not feel regret for drinking so much the night before.
It’s now Saturday, the 5th day of not drinking and my first weekend day also not drinking.
The weather didn’t get as nice as they were predicting yesterday, so with the cold and snow, if I weren’t sticking to the Sobriety Solution, I probably would have gone and gotten at least a 6 pack of regular beer, or more likely a couple cans of Pit Bull (stronger and cheaper) and spent the afternoon boozing. And then, of course, falling asleep on the couch early in the evening and then wondering where a large chunk of my precious Saturday went.
Here I am at day 4 of my journey to not drink. Strangely, I actually didn’t feel any urge to drink today during work or on the way home.
Today was my third day of not drinking. I was quite tempted to get my usual couple 24oz cans of Pit Bull on the way home tonight, but I resisted. I had constant thoughts of “is once a week OK? If so, what about tonight?!” After all, my issue with drinking is that I hit the booze as soon as I get home and drink until I hit bed, but if I buy just a pre-measured amount, once a week, it “might be OK”.
But, I cannot give-up only 3 days in…
Today is the second day of my journey to quit drinking like a fish. I don’t have a lot of time to write, since I had to work late tonight and I’ve got some scheduled online gaming to do tonight.
Today, I’m starting a huge change in my life: I’m going to stop drinking, at least in non-social situations, but maybe altogether.
For some background, I am what you’d call a “problem drinker”. It started over a decade ago, when I drank for fun. But, over the years, I’ve increased the frequency of drinking from a couple times a week to pretty much every day. When I got a job that I REALLY hated, the drinking became daily, with maybe one day every 3 months when I would *not* drink!
