On why I stopped drinking, and why I am so glad!
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0.000 HBDOn why I stopped drinking, and why I am so glad!
<html> <p> <strong>Why I stopped drinking and why I am glad that I did.</strong> </p> <p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/MukAi8B.jpg"/></p> <p>Twenty years ago I had a really bad chest infection and I had to go onto really strong antibiotics and couldn't drink alcohol at all while on these tablets. So I gave up drinking for a fortnight, as that was how long the course of antibiotics was. </p> <p>Once the chest infection cleared up, I was feeling so much better and I realized that I felt better largely because I hadn't been drinking for two weeks. Now I was never a heavy drinker but I admit that I got sauced regularly as the weekend went by, like the bad girl I was; nonetheless, the difference in myself was palpable from not drinking and I was impressed and I resolved not to drink alcohol at all. </p> <p>Soon after giving up alcohol I found that my skin was clearer, my hair was glossier and I felt brighter. The other good thing, to my pleasant surprise, was that I now enjoyed social events even more and had even more fun without alcohol than I ever did with alcohol. In our society we have a drinking culture, and unfortunately most of us equate fun with alcohol and I realised that as a society we are brainwashed into thinking that you need a drink to celebrate or be social. You don't. Trust me. Social events are way better without alcohol, period. </p> <p>Alcohol is a sloppy drug, it numbs you, makes you dopey, makes you floppy, why on earth would you want that? I confess that I like having a clear head and I like being fully in control, it's way better trust me. And you never, ever have hang-overs! </p> <p> <br> <strong>This is why </strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9zdSoCcIQg&t=1s"><strong>Jeff Berwick's recent video</strong></a><strong> on why he gave up drinking was so good...I found out that Allen Carr wrote a book about quitting drinking too.</strong> </p> <p><br> And it was interesting to note that Jeff drew some similar conclusions to alcohol that I did. And thanks to Jeff, I am now reading Allen Carr's Little Book of Quitting, to help me give up cigarettes, my final vice. Honestly if I knew how hard it was to give up cigarettes I would never had started in the first place but I grew up in a family of smokers and so that's what I did. My mother has COPD and is on oxygen and if I knew that if I kept up smoking I would be on oxygen in time, too. I already had a gnarly smokers cough. I am realising that I simply have to change the way I think about cigarette's, like I did with alcohol... </p> <p><br> <strong>An ah-ha moment...for sure.</strong> </p> <p><br> I rejoice in the fact that I will now conquer cigarette's! And to be honest, that extra cash from not buying cigarette's will be welcomed. I can't believe what a dumbass I have been all this time, totally duped by the cigarette industry. Well, no more! I hope that you enjoyed my post!</p> <p><img src="http://i.imgur.com/giilfLr.png"/></p> </html>