Continuation of a blog about abstaining from alcohol for one solid month.
As week two of my sojourn in sobriety is drawing to a close the response has been overwhelmingly positive.
Of course that was to be expected. I don't think in the history of the world one friend has pulled another aside and said "Hey man. I am really concerned about you and how much you drink. I don't think you're drinking enough." Not so much. It has been quite easy actually, not the mine field of temptation that I thought would be lurking.
It is amazing how productive a person can be when they are not drinking. It does take up a lot of one's time between the drinking itself and the sluggish feeling/hangover of the following day. It may be an illusion but I feel like I have done more since I haven't been drinking.
One thing I can say with certainty is that I have not been as tired and have been getting by on less sleep and not been tired during the day.
As I stated in the last entry, some of my friends did not make it through the first week. All of them fessed up to it though.
This article appears in Jan 12-18, 2012.