850 days without drinking · Synthesizer School

Feb '23 in Other

850 days without drinking

Good morning everyone!

I normally don't talk about this topic in public because I don't see a relevance to doing so. However, I shared this milestone with an acquaintance of mine a week ago, and he told me then that it's quite astounding that I was able to do it and that it made him reconsider his drinking patterns.

I thought of sharing it here because I think this is a topic that is relevant to many and maybe it can make a change in someone else's life.

Background:

I wouldn't say that I was an alcoholic (as I had no dependency) but I had no self-control the few times a month I was drinking. This caused me to experience some health issues as well as give my bank account a hit more than once...

One night I over-did it, and ended up sleeping for a few hours in the street. The next morning was one of the lowest points in my life. I decided right there and then that I would stop drinking.

I am not writing this post to recommend you to stop drinking, if you're able to control yourself and have a good time, then it's a great thing.

Alcohol has existed for millennia, and I don't think it will disappear any time soon. But I do want to give you some food for thought to think about how you are treating your body and mind. Alcohol affects how you perform mentally, as well as physically, and the older you get the worse it gets.

If you are introverted like me and you think that you need alcohol to be social: that's not true. That's just another type of peer pressure to make you drink. A social norm.

Since that horrible day, I have taken better care of my physical and mental health. I have taken on more responsibility, and I have put my mental house in order. As Jordan Peterson would say: "Clean your room!"

That's all I wanted to say. Don't take this as advice or an obligation, but do think on what you do to take care of yourself. You only have one body, and no one else is coming to save you.

Have a great week y'all!

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