Alcohol free Sunday to Thursday

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As the title says really. I’ve no need to drink during the week. It’s just habit. It would only probably be on say a Tuesday night but wtf? Pointless. I love waking up feeling refreshed. So that’s my aim. Wait until the weekend x

Good luck!
Personally I found being refreshed at the weekend just as important! Why wreck your weekend with a hangover?

I don’t drink enough to get a bad hangover. Just that groggy feeling that I really could do without during the week.

I think it’s a fine goal to set if you don’t have a drinking problem. Usually though when you get to the stage of having to create rules around when you can and can’t drink, you do have a bit of a problem with alcohol.

Definitely give it a go though and see if it works for you and what the outcome is in a few months time. Does it actually help you to drink less overall or do you just binge it all into the weekends? And what difference does it make to your quality of life?

You’re right that we often just drink from habit or because it’s there, and then end up having too much and feeling like shit. But I would also challenge you to have a weekend a month maybe when you don’t drink at all.

One of the biggest surprises about giving up drinking has been how much I enjoy an alcohol free weekend. A nice cosy evening with a tea and some Netflix and then up early for coffee and reading and getting to start the day feeling alert, no anxiety, no groggy feeling, and a whole day to enjoy for myself. The good feeling days shouldn’t just be for work.

Hi @mindutopia
Yes i think you’re right about the rule-setting. I think it’s because it’s so unnecessary that I want to break the week night habit. I’ve retired so I don’t now have the discipline and routine of work. It’s been a bit of an extended party. I’ll start with Sun to Thurs then see how I go and maybe progress to alcohol-free weekends. Yes it will help me drink less. I don’t cram all the week night drinking into the two at the weekend x