It can’t be good for you, all this abstinence and denial. It’s bound to manifest itself somewhere else, with dangerous consequences.
I didn’t think this would be a complete walk in the park but I have to admit it’s tougher than I thought.
I won’t squib. I will see it through. Control freak, me.
<>Someone (medical) once told me that giving up alcohol messes with the levels of seratonin in your brain - the feel-good monitors - and
I have to say that mine have been getting a bit of a hammering in the last two days.I haven’t felt cheery. Or chipper. Quite antsy, narky and bored to sobs.
I blame the FebFast !
This is, technically, my 10th day without a wayne because, as mentioned before, I, stupidly (stupid, stupid, dolt of a woman !!!) didn’t drink on the last 2 nights of January.
Ten days is a long time measured in cranberry juice and soda.
About 3 years ago I lasted 15 days without a drink (just because I could) and I’m determined to better that this time.
I survived a bookish bash on Thursday night, surrounded by drinkers, all looking as though they were having a fabulous time.
I didn’t even try to hit the bar for a squirt of post-mix Lift.
There must be some kind of delicious tasting, non-alcoholic wine that isn’t just Berri Grape Juice or Ribena !
On the glass-half-full side - sleeping is deep and delicious and lasts all night long.
<>On the hour-glass-half-empty, however, <>weight-loss has not occurred.
<><>So, let’s put that urban myth to bed right now, shall we ? Just as quitting smoking will not make you gain weight, stopping drinking will not make you lose weight…. unless you were drinking, say, 15 stubbies a day.This time next week I plan to be full of resolve, 5 kilos lighter and totally done with drinking.
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