Alcohol-free February
My friend Sam is going alcohol-free for the month of February, and I’ve decided to join her (and I’m starting early) for all the same reasons she’s doing it.
Sometimes the best way to find out how something is affecting your body is by going without it for a few weeks.
Because both my wallet and my liver could use a break.
To see how it affects me mentally (and socially!).
To see the physical benefits of not ingesting so many “empty calories.”
To prove to myself that there is still a distinction between needing a drink and wanting a drink.
I can’t remember the last time I had fewer than two beers in a day. Yesterday I only had one, and today I’m giving it up until March 1. I’ve battled with depression for a very long time and only recently (this past year) begun using alcohol as an escape. A lot of the time this seems like a good idea, but I don’t think it ever actually is. All it really does is put me to sleep and slowly undermine any progress my antidepressants are making.
So enough is enough, and let’s see what difference a month makes.