drink no alcohol 3 weeks prior to finals

For a whole three weeks, numerous trips to bars, and several offers of beer I have managed to avoid alcohol for the three weeks prior to finals. I think that it helped me stay focused on academics and also forced me to be more social while not being intoxicated which is challenging.

I’m drinking again now, but it seems like I’m drinking less than before and I’m choosing a little higher quality beer such as Fosters over PBR. Overall, I think that staying below drunkenness is a better way to experience life anyways since the experience isn’t altered and since no raging hangover awaits you the next day.

This quarter I couldn’t have it worse for finals. I’ve got 3 finals all on the same day. Furthermore, the beginning of the 3 week period starts a day before my birthday. I’m not sure how well this goal is going to go.

Today is the beginning of my attempt to go 3 weeks without alcohol. Luckily I’ve been bombarded w/ the workload of final projects coming up. I’m not sure what is going to drive me crazy first, the lack of alcohol, or the stress of school. Hopefully neither.

This is the Monday 3 weeks prior to my first final. I’m not sure if I’ve ever gone 3 weeks without alcohol since my 2nd year in college. This week I might have been experiencing the tail ends of withdrawal from not having a regular beer or two. I hadn’t drank since two Thursdays ago, but I’m pretty sure I was feeling stressful due to a lot of other factors.

Today I had a quiz at 9am in the morning. The previous night was the night that I almost always go out drinking with my good friends, but last night I had only one (1) sip of beer and I left the bar before 11pm. It was saddening that I was missing out on all this social interaction with my friends, but I’m happy that I’m setting the precedent of not drinking before important school events.