Improved health and lifestyle from quitting drinking

My accountability app:

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How do you feel?

Energy up the wah-hoo!
I get cravings - so I have distractions to keep me occupied (Puzzle, Audible, I can call a few people)

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Dry month starts after this weekend.

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I read that as dry mouth begins after this weekend. Maybe both will be true?

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Iā€™ve been remembering dreams. Or maybe I am having dreams more often.

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Oh yeah, that happened for me as well when I quit.

How about mood? I recall a noticeable sense of euphoria a few weeks out that I assume was some chemical imbalance righting itself. The sort of thing that required alcohol previously to achieve but suddenly just seemed to be part of the new normal.

I am going through a couple of things. I want to say enlightened and a deeper way of thinking rn.

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i am deeper into dry january than iā€™ve ever made it. (it will end at some point,.)

i wasnā€™t an everyday drinker before so changes in sleep arenā€™t as noticeable for me. But i havenā€™t had any headaches to start my days and that is always solid.

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link: Reality Check by Dave Whamond for January 16, 2025 - GoComics

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I had a session yesterday. Noon till nine. Ugh! Anxiety is through the roof today. So I am writing that on a sticky note and seeing it everyday to remind me that the handier is/gets worse when you cutting out the amount youā€™re drinking by this much

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looking above, today was a scheduled 2 serving day. but it didnā€™t work out that way. take what you can learn from it and move forward.

if the anxiety was present before the session, then days like that are bad days to have the door open ā€œjust a little.ā€ you have to feel good to keep the guards up.

if the anxiety is relating to disappointment, be fair and honest and accountable to yourself but donā€™t be unkind.

if the anxiety is related to alcohol/comedown then yeah, avoiding episodes like this are in everyoneā€™s interests. (i donā€™t enjoy the feeling in those days either.)

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Hanxiety is the worst. I spent more time than I would like to admit trying and failing at walking the line on how much I could drink without triggering it the next day. Iā€™d be a mess the day after a 9 hour session. It was definitely creeping in around 4 or so.

By far the best part of giving it up is never having that cloud following me around anymore.

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A week into the dry month. Iā€™ve wanted a drink pretty much every day this past week but hopefully that feeling will wane over the upcoming week. Iā€™ve found that the less I drink, the less I want to drink, and vice versa.

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