The ten questions I’m always asked in my happier, sober life
Five years ago I was dry in July. A well -intentioned month from Grog. And here I’m still going. Still not drinking.
It wasn’t a plan to leave my wine glass well, but life had other ideas. My mother passed away, hit a few health coup and noticed that she had taken more than what Booze gave. I stopped too.
Since then, I have written about life on the other side of the bottle, and if there is anything I learned, when you answer a friendly “wine”? A polite “no thanks, I don’t drink” people have questions. Many. Here I ask the most and how I answer them.
When you tell people you don’t drink, they have questions.Credit: Getty
From where? (Usually asked in a fear or worrying way – or both)
I understand People are wondering and maybe they want to know if I have a problem. The truth is that you don’t have to hit the rock to decide that alcohol does not work for you. Most of the time I’m tired of feeling tired. From three months, I felt sharper, more calm and clearer. My life seemed to have shifted from black and white to a high-definition color.
Was it hard to give up?
Initially, absolutely. When I look back, I can say that the first five days are more difficult than the last five years. You don’t deny that it is strange when you are in a dinner for the first time without a glass of wine in your hand, or you hit the dance track in 50. But soon it makes you feel normal. Then it makes you feel great. And in the end, it makes you feel great.
How can you relax?
I thought a glass of wine was a “closed key için for stress, but it was just postponing those tense feelings. He never fixed them. Now I’m relieved differently. Not all yoga, meditation and breath. I walk the dog, I burn a candle. I sleep on the couch and eat overpricy ice cream. I sleep early. It works strangely.
