I'm doing 20 things
Hurrah! I didn’t really believe that I could do this when I started, but it turned out to be entirely do-able. By about half way through I had no doubts that I would make it, and that was a great feeling.
I shared a bottle of champagne with my husband on easter Sunday to celebrate buying our apartment, and the end of Lent. I enjoyed the first glass, but the second glass I mostly just drank because it was there, and champagne doesn’t last, and so automatically drank till it was finished. That’s not ideal – I want to keep being more self-aware about drinking alcohol – but I wasn’t desperate for it nor did I want to drink any more once the bottle was done. So good in that respect.
And then yesterday on Easter Monday I had nothing to drink, nor did it occur to me to do so. And that’s what I was after. Before Lent, it was a really big drama to decide not to drink any single day of the week, let alone a couple of days per week, which was what I was aiming for. But now I can easily imagine only drinking one or two days a week, and probably with friends rather than that “thank god the work day’s over” beer as soon as I walk in the door.
This was ENTIRELY worth doing!
