Hi all,
Haven't posted for a while but pleased to report not a drop of vino has passed my lips since I climbed back on the wagon. I've completely lost track of when that was (will have to scroll back through thread) but it's got to be about a month/five weeks now? I've been so busy I just haven't been keeping track, but the urge or desire to buy wine to unwind most evenings .. has completely gone.
It is so strange how 'easily' this comes, this wine free life, but then I know not to get complacent having gone a whole 8 months without a drink last year, only to fall spectacularly off the wagon and to have ended up drinking possibly more than I did previously.
However, for the moment and for the foreseeable I hope, I won't be drinking and feel so much better for it. The tiredness I remember from the first few weeks I gave up last year, is back. It fascinates me how giving up booze turns me into Rip Van Winkle, but I assume it's the body healing itself after the abuse, or something? I don't know ... but it is a very real condition with me. Stop drinking and start sleeping, is how it seems to work for me.
But it did eventually pass last time, and will again I'm sure, and I'm quite enjoying my afternoon naps, early nights and lie ins. I am fortunate being self-employed and working from home, that I don't have to get up at a set hour to get to work, and can have an hour's kip of an afternoon, if I need it.
So aside from the tiredness, I'm doing fine and not missing the booze at all. Also saving myself £££.
Wishing you all the very best on your dry journeys and see you on the new thread.