Whoop whoop day 70, March 19 2024!!! Life is going great, my oldest daughter turned 30 and my second daughter turned 28, and of course we had a bday party for them. We surprised my oldest with the youngsters dressing up like her, through her years growing up. We had a full house, which isn’t hard, it happens when you have a large family. The kids are shot gunning and having shots, I do have to say that it was odd for myself to not partake, but it was one of the challenges. I passed. Just kept drinking my NA beer and mocktails.
With going into this challenge, it wasn’t to quit drinking forever, it was to renew a perspective on life, you can party and not be wasted, you don’t have to drink every night, you don’t have to have a beer when a challenge in life happens and you can have a NA beer on the first warm sunny day. I have reset my outlook on the whole drinking thing. It’s nice to remember everything that happened at a party, it’s nice to provide a safe environment for the grand baby, and it’s nice to solve the issues in life with a brain that isn’t foggy. It’s nice to wake up feeling good.
With 70 days in, I like myself better, I don’t wake up feeling guilty, and I don’t hate seeing myself in the mirror. I never wanted to look old, and nothing ages you faster than drinking everyday. I’m glad to have reset my habits. Yes there are days you want to have a real beer, I’d be a lair if I didn’t say so, I have learned for myself, just acknowledging that fact is key, then I just move on. You can’t get in much trouble drinking NA beer.
I have decided for myself, when I drink again it will be occasionally, a Friday night, celebrating a bday, a holiday. No more every day drinking, I can have my NA beer and Mocktails, I would rather have the energy for my grandchild and future grandchildren to come. I love getting a lot done during the day, doing my crafts again and working towards a goal I have had for 20 plus years. Plus the vanity side of myself, I like to look better than worse.
It is taking a lot for me to share this photo, but it is an in your face, you want to keep going with things on the left, or do you want to go with things on the right? I choose the right, who knew I looked so bad on the left, oh everybody around me, and I knew it too, just didn’t want to accept it. The picture on the right is 70 days no drinking and I prefer that girl in the photo. Yes the picture on the left was taken in 2022, I was doing home health care for a woman who became a dear friend over the many years, and she was getting to the end of her life. So I would come home and have cocktails after work to try not to think about it, well as that picture looks, that really wasn’t working well. All and all, I’m 70 days in this challenge with 30 more to go, and everyday builds more prospective, productivity and a person I can be proud of again. Everyone has to do what they need to do for themselves, and I thought this would be impossible for myself to do, but I’m so glad I have taken this challenge. Cheers to the 70 and cheers to the next 30 🍻🥂