Hey, Jon, have you read this book, The Easyway to Quit Drinking by Alan Carr? It has been almost 2 months since I stopped drinking, mostly because of inspiration received from this book. There has been no suffering, no craving, no meetings, no relying on help from a higher power. It's just that after reading this book I realized that there is absolutely no benefit whatsoever to my life received from alcohol. The arguments for it being bad for you (which are debatable, as you'll see in cdn2wheeler's post above) are completely moot for me now -- it doesn't even matter if it "takes" from people's lives (which I'm quite sure it does) because why would I want to ingest something that adds no benefit? Crazy.
That mindset has creeped into all my other ingestion, too.... I'm looking at every food and beverage and evaluating whether or not it will add to my vitality. Only powerfood and power drink need apply! |