I, too, will not drink alcohol today. I feel pretty silly posting it here every day, but it does seem to help – each evening I imagine having to admit that I had a pointless beer, and don’t even feel tempted.
I feel it is still pretty motivating to say it out loud to other people. even if online. it creates a sense of accountability that is measurable and helps us hold to things better. Sometimes the things that seem the silliest are the most effective. Keep it up
The thing for me is, and this is me coming down off the tooth extraction drugs, is that I feel just fine without it. I am 100% certain that if I have one or two beers, IPAs mind you, 7+%, I WILL feel that in the morning. And then what? Back to the “Why do I do this to myself?”
Unless they tie me to a rocket, there’s not a whole lot of new experiences for me to do while drunk. I want to be over it. I hope I am am over it.
One or two won’t give me any noticeable ill effects. Those two can very easily lead to more however. I did stave that off the other day That is a major victory in my book and a solid goal. The point being I actually enjoy it in a social setting, within that kind of limit. Avoiding sitting around at home tying one on seems like a good thing to avoid though, for me