I’ve been reflecting on the benefits too - still nil alcohol for 2024 for me.
I will say it has taken me a full 3 months to feel truly ‘better’.
I’d been in a real rut, cycle of evening drinking, hideous hideous anxiety, no real deep sleep just boozed to sedation and then 3am wake ups with turbo anxiety until it was time to get up.
Not really eating properly, eating junk late on in the evening, stodgy snacky junk not nutritional meals.
My most favourite things are the sleep, deep lovely proper sleep. I really think it took me a couple of months to get enough and do its deep cleanse restorative stuff. Few times I’ve woken so stiff where I’ve clearly stayed in the same position all night, truly exhausted.
Another is the anxiety packing its bags. I’m an anxious person but it was off the chart and unsustainable- high adrenaline heart thumping anxiety non stop, fuelled by alcohol and further fuelled by the hangover. now I still get anxious but it dissipates really quickly and I am able to rationalise much better.
I’ve put on a noticeable amount of weight - I needed to and I feel better. Skin getting better, had awful spots for a while as all the rubbish cleared out of my system.
funny pains in my insides have got a lot better, fairly sure these were anxiety fuelled health anxiety mostly, with my digestive system also waving a white flag at being constantly chemical burned.
Brain fog is slowly lifting I have better clarity and better concentration.
I take my vitamins and I brush my teeth and wash my face before bed!
I have noticed like a grow out line on my nails where what’s growing out is peely and looks tobacco stained? But I don’t smoke. Nice normal pink nails growing through.
Feel in control now and I’ve no plans to ruin all that lovely healing. Get the very odd pang of craving but it’s very fleeting. Would I actually put that drink to my mouth and swallow some? No. No thank you