I've now stayed off alcohol for 16 days, amazing
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It has been fairly easy so far, but I'm amazed and concerned about how many times a day the thoughts of alcohol and this experiment rises in my mind.
I can see now that I have really hit a good spot for personal development. The fact that I think about staying off alcohol for a year so much really convince me that this is really a good thing to do. It shall be interesting to see how these though develop through the year. Will they disappear all together or will they keep nagging me. One thing that will really make them quieter is the more people I tell the more people I may remove from my “no thanks I’m not drinking” list”, they will already know.
I have come up with two things to keep me motivated. One is a simple day count. The other one will be more interesting over time. I intend to keep a list of definitive drinking occasions. There I will log the occasions when I surely should have had a bear or two or ten last year. This count is 3 so far. I will also write down the way I handled them.
My solutions for these three occasions were.
1. Drove my car.
2. Skipped out.
3. No one asked.
Not that impressive so far. I will get better at telling the truth it will save me time and help me more in the long run.
Does anyone have more suggestions on how to keep the motivation up?
Cheers !
Trias