I hate being nagged to do stuff. I don’t want to be guilt tripped, made to feel bad or like I ‘should’ change.

So that probably explains why I’ve been back and forth over whether or not to share this week’s blog.

I’d much rather inspire, rather than scare you into quitting drinking.

But… this topic is really important. 

Key points:

If you’re drinking, risks are unavoidable

The risks are so wide ranging – from the potential harm to your health, to the risk of someone smelling alcohol on you or getting caught driving over the limit. Then there’s the risk of pretending to remember a conversation, saying something you didn’t mean, of hiding your drinks and being caught out.

The risk to others

If you’re drinking several glasses of wine – or a bottle – on most nights, then over the weeks and the months, that’s a significant portion of the day that you are checked out and unavailable. If something happens or someone needs you, it’s hard to show up in the way you’d want to. There’s also the risk of all those lost connections. Who else in your life knows about your drinking… and has distanced themselves as a result?

Why not take a risk on sobriety? 

What are the risks that you’re taking with alcohol, day in, day out? Are they definitely worth it?  Personally, I decided they weren’t. So I decided to take a different type of risk and step out of my comfort zone by taking a break from booze. I stopped for 100 days and told myself I could go back to booze if I wanted to… but I’ve never looked back. Now that was a risk that truly paid off.