Dry November

I stopped boozing for November. It was pleasingly easy to do, once you've decided not to drink booze and got into the habit for asking for alcohol free beer the psychology of being tempted to have a drink mostly goes.

Charting my energy levels and they were pretty good for the month. The spots where they weren't coincided with doing heavy exercise events. However my anxiety levels went up lots, is it the stresses of life or the stress of not having booze to take off the edge from life, who knows.

I am now half way through boozing lots in December as a control to see how it compares. Wish me luck.

[cat3]

I'm slightly scared of alcohol since my haemorrhage. The fear stems from a course I attended years ago when working with alcoholic offenders and which described in detail the effects of alcohol on the brain.

As the brain physically shrinks after we imbibe alcohol, then over-compensates by swelling, causing it to push against the skull, (hence hangovers) I think it might be too much for a damaged brain to cope with on a regular basis.

I drink on special occasions............maybe 4 or 5 times a year and then no more than a couple of glasses of Jack Daniels & coke. But I do miss those hazy, 'one too many' occasions of my previous life !

I'm guessing that drinking is less risky after a one-off accidental injury rather than a physiological disorder. Good luck with your experiment Jonathan. x

[RogerCMerriman]

I stopped after my accident, drinking that is, not that I drank that much, by that point nor it had any bearing on the accident!

But I simply stopped wanting a drink, not really even sure why? I do still have vestibular swimming though mild, bar when being mauled by the Physio!

To be honest I haven’t noticed a difference, though I am now a very cheap date! And even a slice of cake can make me feel quite woozy! Bare in mind I’d polish off bottles of wine/spirits/beer with out much effect before, even as a teen before Pubs I wasn’t so cheap!

[DTBI]

Alcohol can be beneficial to me as long as I don’t overdo it. I tend to have 2-4 pints of beer, that’s enough to chill out. In respect of life, try not to get stressed about it. I strongly recommend being positive about everything. I reckon 99% of the things you’ve worried about, to this day, we’re a waste of time and energy. You only live once and your circumstances are 100% better than many other parts of the world. Many of the multi-millionaires are simply a PITA, but got their success & wealth from ultra positivity. Merry Christmas🎅🏻

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Gosh, I only need to look at alcohol and feel woozy!

I stay away from it. My battered brain cannot cope with any form of toxicity, these days.

[Flumptious]

Well done. I always take January off the booze. Part of it is health and weight and stuff, and part of it is just to prove to myself than I *can* do it - I don't *need* the stuff! I have done it for over a decade, now. Although on the 27th, it is my daughter's birthday (16 this time: how did my cute little baby get so grown-up?), so I always feel that that night, I have to have a glass or two of wine.

Flump