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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Iāve 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 iāve ever made it. (it will end at some point,.)
i wasnāt an everyday drinker before so changes in sleep arenāt as noticeable for me. But i havenāt had any headaches to start my days and that is always solid.
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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 youāre drinking by this much
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looking above, today was a scheduled 2 serving day. but it didnāt 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 ājust 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 donāt be unkind.
if the anxiety is related to alcohol/comedown then yeah, avoiding episodes like this are in everyoneās interests. (i donāt 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. Iād 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. Iāve wanted a drink pretty much every day this past week but hopefully that feeling will wane over the upcoming week. Iāve found that the less I drink, the less I want to drink, and vice versa.
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Some interesting conversation and commentary on alcohol and our culture around it.
One quote to pull out:
āYou can remove alcohol from your best moments and memories and life, and itās still an amazing time. I think thatās all. Iām trying to say here is that alcohol can be removed and you can still have an amazing life.ā
I quit at the end of 2023 because I was tired of the cycles of feeling like shit from too many drinks, but I was afraid that life would become dull and I would miss out on those moments. I spent a lot of time in 2023 comparing moments with and without alcohol to challenge that fear. A 2024 without booze proved all that out and more.
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Just passed the 5 year without alcohol mark.
Itās been a heck of a 5 years. I donāt regret stopping at all. I still struggle with lots of things in life, but all those struggles have been easier without alcohol layered on top.
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thatās the real key there, aināt it? i am positioned to complete my 1st full āDry Januaryā (although I donāt count the future days) and while I was hoping iād be feeling awesome, I still wake up 1/3 days w a headache or more tired than I want. At least I know what is NOT causing it.
Congrats! 5 years is impressive.
Yea, awesome!
I am learning that being around drunks isnāt attractive/inviting at all!
If they were all fun drunks it would be fine sometimes, but it seems there is always a jerk in there. At least based on my recent bar trivia experience.
Nice, even more impressive you started when COVID was just hitting the news. I had some considerations of doing the same around that time but punted on it. The last year has been great though.
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