Well, I am working on Day 5 or Night 6 (which sounds like some sordid vacation). I realized yesterday that this weekend was the first I've not smoked pot or drank in probably 19 years. The first few days after a heavy bout of drinking this last weekend were bad--trouble sleeping, had a slight headache, but not much else. I have been sure to keep myself flush with water and vitamin B, and have been taking milk thistle since then as they seem to help.
I had a few drinks on Monday and then decided to pour the rest of the vodka out the window). Yeah, the drain would have been a better idea, but the impulsivity of the moment wouldn't have been so cathartic. In February I stopped smoking pot, and as just as my user name notes, I am just done with booze--I've just grown tired of wasting time, money, and my life on it. Either way, Tuesday was the first day I hadn't had a drink in about six months, but six months ago I was still smoking pot.
What particularly makes me proud of my recent actions is that there was four beers in the refrigerator on Tuesday (wife drank two of them), and I've got some pot around here too, and the wife does have some pot--she has a neurological disease that does benefit from it. Sure, I've been tempted to drink or smoke, but I feel like I've gotten this far I don't want to get started again. I've traded booze for cookies. This weekend I've rewarded myself with said cookies and Sour Skittles. As Ned Flanders would say, I'm "fine and dandy like sour candy!" I could have just gotten rid of all temptations as I've done in the past, but I don't think that's honest--there are liquor stores, bars and markets everywhere. To me, avoiding temptation is not the same as saying "no" to temptation. The latter is much stronger of an action.
Submitted May 18, 2015 at 03:02AM by iamdonewithbooze http://ift.tt/1B6jmUp stopdrinking
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