go a month without alcohol

I’m trying to quit drinking completely. It’s a bad habit most of my family has, and it’s turning into one for me. I’ve already went three days without alcohol. I’m using this as a stepping stone to finish the first month without alcohol. Tonight, I don’t feel a crippling urge to drink YAY. I want to find different things to do than drink…hmmm maybe I’ll start running again. I might have to quit my other nasty habit..smoking. That will be my next unhealthy habit to kick after quitting drinking!

This is the longest I’ve been without at least a drink since I was 17 [I’m 23]. I don’t think I ever had a “severe” problem, but I figured it would be a good idea to detox for a prolonged period of time.

I’m really having no problem doing this, but it’s been kind of boring on the weekends.. it’s something to adjust to I guess. I still have plenty of friends that I talk to, play basketball with, etc.. plus I always seem to be busy with school.

Finding it suprisiingly easy until everyone around me tries to get me to have a drink lol! They ask me “why?”, I tell them “take your pick of about 100 reasons”!

Wow, I can’t believe I did this without failing – come to think of it, I didn’t even realize how quickly a month has passed. While I want to celebrate this end mark with a glass of champagne sometime later on, I’m not sure I want to break this streak – I can’t remember the last time my mind has been this clear (that is, 30 consecutive days).

Um, a glass of champagne and a strawberry does sound good.

So, today marks 2 weeks of sobriety. Which means, . . . um, I guess, that I’m strengthening my will power. Anyhow, this also marks the beginning of kicking off my second vice – coffee. sigh

Ugh, it’s so hard to resist – particularly when those around you are lushes. The casual invitations are so hard to turn down. Hopefully, within 3.5 weeks time, my fantasies on a nice glass of cold beer after a long day, or a glass of wine with a nice meal will no longer be as vivid.

On a side note, I suppose it’s a good practice of mind over matter, as I’ve got a big puffing habit to break after I overcome this. Damn my hedonistic ways!
Okay, back to sipping on my water!
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I spent the month of May completely alcohol free. Not a drop. The only tough part was the first night because I had to think about not drinking. After a couple nights in it wasnt a big deal at all. I had no cravings, no real problems at all and was quite content sitting at the bar I work in drinking a juice instead.

After the month I started again. Although perhaps drinking less than before (cant be said about last 3 days though). I lost quite a lot of weight also which was nice.

I still felt tired and have had sleeping problems.. but overall definitely worth it and I will probably do another month this year sometime… I am a sufferer of panic disorders and spend nights obsessing about the state of my liver… so its perhaps good to cut down a bit more. or abstain more often. Good luck!

I did this last year. But as things go, I got caught up in the good ole’ binge routine – mostly it was due to working on projects with a team who liked to get inebriated. Of course, it was my own choice, for the sake of comaraderie – which was stupid. Hence, I’ve been perpetually hungover for the past 6 months. So, here I am, trying to find the momentum to detox.

I was alcohol-free for a good three weeks until this past weekend when friends flew in for the 4th. I’ve forgotten how it feels to be hungover, and to revert back is definitely something that I don’t want to do.
So, I’ve been sober for two days.

Coffee is my next vice I’ll cut back on. But I’ll wait until I’m two weeks-in with this goal.

actually, I did it once, half year ago. it was worth then, I felt I had much more energy after just a week, after I stopped drinking, and I can’t say I was having less fun while partying, it’s just something you get used to. no hangovers. but I think most people won’t recognize feel it this way, I tend to drink too much.

another month.

Three weeks and counting now.

Worried that I’ve been substituting pot for booze, though—especially on the weekends.

Don’t want to have to add another “thing” on here about stopping the green. If I don’t watch myself, well… it’s kind of like getting a frisbee stuck in a tree. You throw a football at the frisbee to get it unstuck, and then before you know it, the darn football is up in the tree, too.

Once, when I was fourteen, I had about six different balls (a Nerf football, a basketball and one of those red, rubber “dodge” balls among them) stuck in a tree at the same time.

Definitely have gained weight in the last couple of weeks, so so much for that theory. In fact, I’m starting another “thing” about how I need to lose thirteen pounds.

Don’t want to end up with too many balls in the tree at once. As I recall, I ended up having to use a really tall ladder to get all of those balls out, and I HATE heights.