37 days

It's been 37 days without a drink and it's actually been pretty easy. It's a little unsettling how easy it has been, I'm sure there will be days but it's getting easier each week. It feels longer than it's actually been.

I had a rough nite last week when everything work and home was rubbish, it was about 8pm and I poured a small whiskey on ice......yip I did....and it was gross, I threw the very expensive whiskey down the sink, not because I realised what I had done and that I didn't want to fail myself by drinking but because it tasted horrible. I honestly did not like the taste and didn't want it.

I felt like enjoying the flavour of a drink and the small relaxing feeling but the actual taste was really horrible. So it was a strange thing, in the past I'd have drunk it and enjoyed it so that's weird and good too.

I've just started doing a course on mindfulness which I'm loving, it's essentially mediation but one that makes more sense than it has in the past.

So everything is pretty good at the moment :)

Stop, start and continue

27 days since I started this journey. I've done a heap of reading and I find it really interesting how many others out there are searching for harmony and balance in their life. Be it stopping bad habits like drinking, over working, stress etc the common thread for them all is the desire for inner peace.

So I've considered the stop, start, continue exercise and the stop is obviously alcohol abuse but I've yet to define the start and continue elementshtparts. I'm going to focus on these thus week and share soon.