I'm having an internal discussion about my relationship with drink. I know what I need to do but am lacking the balls at present to do it, thank you for a very honest blog. Also I completely relate to your experience with the cold! Dreading winter!
Thanks so much. It was really my physical misery that pushed me into it - harder if you still enjoy it! If you do want to quit, This Naked Mind, the book/podcast by Annie Grace is brilliant.
Interesting read Flic. A nasty bout of Covid recently meant I stopped drinking alcohol; wine tasted foul and I had no inclination to drink anyway. When I recovered I stayed sober for a while more, even at social events - including my daughter's hen party. At the subsequent wedding I drank very little. As you say, it's nice to have the control, and as I get older the hangovers are not worth it.
I shudder a bit when I recall drunken debates and dinner parties of days gone by - I am a happy drunk, but loud. I might have been insufferable...
This is such an accurate telling of our alcohol imbued society and how drinking to excess is normalised throughout our lives. The best decision I ever made was sobriety. I thought I’d try it for a week and that was over three and a half years ago and I’m never drinking again. Thanks Flic x
Thank you for such an honest article, Flic. I'm a huge fan of Dr Gabor Mate who says "An addiction is any behaviour that a person finds relief in the short term and craves, but suffers negative consequences and cannot give up."
Hence, the big question we need to ask is not: "Why the addiction? but: Why the pain?"
I'm having an internal discussion about my relationship with drink. I know what I need to do but am lacking the balls at present to do it, thank you for a very honest blog. Also I completely relate to your experience with the cold! Dreading winter!
Thanks so much. It was really my physical misery that pushed me into it - harder if you still enjoy it! If you do want to quit, This Naked Mind, the book/podcast by Annie Grace is brilliant.
Oh thanks, I'll give it a listen/read x
Interesting read Flic. A nasty bout of Covid recently meant I stopped drinking alcohol; wine tasted foul and I had no inclination to drink anyway. When I recovered I stayed sober for a while more, even at social events - including my daughter's hen party. At the subsequent wedding I drank very little. As you say, it's nice to have the control, and as I get older the hangovers are not worth it.
I shudder a bit when I recall drunken debates and dinner parties of days gone by - I am a happy drunk, but loud. I might have been insufferable...
Haha! That’s my fear too.. I suspect I often was. x
This is such an accurate telling of our alcohol imbued society and how drinking to excess is normalised throughout our lives. The best decision I ever made was sobriety. I thought I’d try it for a week and that was over three and a half years ago and I’m never drinking again. Thanks Flic x
Thanks so much! It's much better than it looks, isn't it..? x
Thank you for such an honest article, Flic. I'm a huge fan of Dr Gabor Mate who says "An addiction is any behaviour that a person finds relief in the short term and craves, but suffers negative consequences and cannot give up."
Hence, the big question we need to ask is not: "Why the addiction? but: Why the pain?"