So you want to cut down on drinking? Breaking up with booze? The very notion can be daunting, overwhelming and exhausting... The kind of thought best left for our most extreme hangovers, where we vow to never get in this state again and will "learn" to moderate, only to find ourselves back in the same position just a few weeks later – anxious, sweating, praying for forgiveness.
But bear with us – hope is on the horizon.
Here we share the How It Started and How It's Going of living a sober-curious lifestyle and seeking sobriety...
Breaking Up With Booze: How It Started
- Depression
- No money
- Room spinning
- Arguments
- Sex I never really wanted
- Sunday scaries
- Blackouts
- No motivation
- Blue mondays
- Exhaustion
- Broken phones
- Weird texts
- Hangxiety
- Living for the weekend
- Regrets
- Resenting sunny days
- Hangovers
- Bad skin
- Curtains closed
- Mystery bruises
Breaking Up With Booze: How It's Going
- No drama
- More money
- Blissful sleep
- Self love
- Sex I actually want
- Finding joy in the small things
- Sunglasses which aren't smashed
- Reclaiming weekends
- Focus
- Determination
- Discovering gratitude
- Feeling young again
- Better relationships
- Working out
- New friendships
- Time to do the things I enjoy
- Amazing skin
- Clarity
- In control
- A new job
- Energy
- Sunday walks