I am inspired by reading everyone's booze free journeys.
Like most of you posting in this thread, I've had a long and very unhealthy relationship with alcohol almost my entire life.
I have been trying to cut drinking out completely from my life, but it's so hard. It's everywhere, and I have such terrible willpower when it comes to booze. It's always like, hey one won't hurt, but then the second it touches my lips... it just escalates and always turns into more and then I feel like shit the next day.
I've had four drinks since Christmas, and this past Christmas was the one where I've drank the least amount in as long as I can remember. The only four were because I was hanging out with my neighbour's shop two weeks ago and he offered beer. I always thought it was rude to refuse beer, but no one gives a shit if you do. Old habits for hard I guess. So four drinks in almost a month is pretty good.
I've been drinking some different craft brewed non alcoholic beers to kill the craving. They're not the same, but I guess it's working, I don't know. I crushed a case of bubbly water in a day once, trying to kill the craving, just to have something in my hand.
I just need to keep looking forward. It's for future me and my family.
I think back to all the terrible things I've done, and terrible ways I've treated other people, and myself because of drinking... it's honestly so embarrassing
My daughter doesn't need a boozer dad.
The way the healthcare system is falling apart up here, I've got to stay healthy as I can as a get older.
The booze was always also a self medication for the mental issues I was always battling, but I've been working on that with professionals and the booze just makes it worse.
thanks for listening. Throw me some reassurance, or words of wisdom or something. It will help.