Quitting Alcohol

[Nevwild]

91 days without a drink. Life keeps getting better and better and better.

 

[Will_m]

I track sleep data, resting heart rate and hrv very closely. I can say without a shred of doubt and based on empirical evidence that alcohol absolutely wrecks this stuff. There’s no question about it.

Anecdotally, I can also say that I feel better. Particularly as to stress, which is a major thing for me in a relatively high stress profession. I also don’t have the problems sleeping. I can generally go to sleep without issue, wake up feeling rested and seldom have the midnight or early am wake ups where I am just wide awake and feel like hell for the day.

If you are serious about literally anything in your life—whether it’s your family, fitness, hunting or whatever—other than just getting a 30 minute period of elated happiness from a drunken stupor, then alcohol is absolutely and unconditionally holding you back.

I don’t have a problem at all with others drinking. In fact, being around people that drink doesn’t make me want to drink; it has the opposite effect. It reminds me how stupid it really is.

Bottom line is alcohol is bad. Absolute dog shit. I mean how many times have you been like “wow, I’m glad I decided to have those drinks.” It is costing you. A lot.

Edited to add kudos to those who have quit and are trying to quit. Keep the momentum going!

 

[ChrisA]

I track sleep data, resting heart rate and hrv very closely. I can say without a shred of doubt and based on empirical evidence that alcohol absolutely wrecks this stuff. There’s no question about it.

Anecdotally, I can also say that I feel better. Particularly as to stress, which is a major thing for me in a relatively high stress profession. I also don’t have the problems sleeping. I can generally go to sleep without issue, wake up feeling rested and seldom have the midnight or early am wake ups where I am just wide awake and feel like hell for the day.

If you are serious about literally anything in your life—whether it’s your family, fitness, hunting or whatever—other than just getting a 30 minute period of elated happiness from a drunken stupor, then alcohol is absolutely and unconditionally holding you back.

I don’t have a problem at all with others drinking. In fact, being around people that drink doesn’t make me want to drink; it has the opposite effect. It reminds me how stupid it really is.

Bottom line is alcohol is bad. Absolute dog shit. I mean how many times have you been like “wow, I’m glad I decided to have those drinks.” It is costing you. A lot.

Edited to add kudos to those who have quit and are trying to quit. Keep the momentum going!

Spot on! Exactly what I've experienced too

 

[OKHunter84]

I was in a similar boat to a lot of people that I've read on here, in that I wasn't what I would consider an alcoholic, but one or two beers a day. I would occasionally over indulge, but not on the regular.

At the end of October I had a complete quad tendon rupture on a solo elk hunt in Colorado. I was recovering and had been kicking the idea around about being completely sober, making more of an effort to be as healthy as I possibly could. So I decided to just quit screwing around and quit completely at least for a while.

Almost 4 months in and I feel great. I feel like I've wasted a lot of time and energy and held myself back with drinking all this time. I really have no desire to drink at all anymore. It's also been a good influence on family members and my wife as well.
Going to ball games, dinner or events and not worrying about driving home or any issues with that. I feel like I'm sleeping better, my workouts are better, I'm saving more money. I can't think of any facet of my life that would be better with alcohol.

I will admit that I can see it being hard to not have a beer with my Dad if we're sitting around a campfire on a hunt. I know he wouldn't care if I didn't, but I could see that being challenging for me.