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Originally Posted by brettk  Hi.
Just wondering if there are many others who have given up alcohol on this forum. Not just for a while, but as a permanent life choice.
The reason I ask is that I have recently given up alcohol and would love to hear how others have benefited from their decision.
Brett. |
Iīve been alco-less for about a year now. Though it was forced upon me due to changes in medication for epilepsy, the benefits have been noticable. As a 24 year old guy, not many my age are without alcohol. In norway, itīs sort of culture to -like the vikings- get hammered whenever we have the oppretunity. Norways government have strategically placed holidays and national "off work days" spaced a coupple of days apart so you get to recover and continue the hammered parties. We actually have a town called Hammerfest wich in english translates to "Drunkparty". We could ask ourself why the government would do this, but there is an easy answer. With the state having monopolized alcohol sale, 10 bucks for a beer seems like a fair price to them. Enter sweeden. Sweedish people love comming over to find work. 1/5th of inhabitants are sweedish. Good guys, and worth to get to know, cause they bring cheep alcohol and sigarets.
Anyways, where was I... Yeah, I had to stop drinking. The first few times going out, I felt anxious and had a hard time relaxing. I sorta understood why people drink. Itīs cause EVERYBODY has social anxiety and no ability to relax and feel comfortable. I was a bouncer a college hosted party once, and I especially noticed the change as the night proggressed. At seven oclock, people were sitting in groups. At nine oclock, people were mingling, at eleven oclock people were dancing, at one oclock they looked like slobbering zombies having a great time
I also busted through a fatloss plaetu, built muscle while dieting, mastered my emotions, better focus, intelligence is up by 20 points, humor and ability to relax is noticably higher. More... life glow. Desire. Drive. Energy.