Sober update
Whilst I sit here drinking my english tea with a dash of almond milk, and chocolate biscuit. I’m going to update you all on my sober journey.
Well, where do I even begin?
Being sober is just my new normal.
It doesn’t feel weird and I don’t feel ashamed. It actually feels really nice.
I don’t feel judged for not drinking alcohol when I’m at social events, and I am very thankful for that.
I haven’t had a single drop of alcohol this year (2024), and we’re at the end of May.
My goal this year is to be fully sober for one year.
Then after that who knows if I will drink or not.
Last year, I lasted five months straight before I caved and had some cocktails every now and again.
However this year I’ve turned a corner. I feel so good in my body right now that I really don’t feel like jeopardising that feeling. I know for a fact drinking alcohol doesn’t make me feel good, and it really doesn’t benefit my health.
We all know how toxic alcohol actually is, so I’m not going to harp on about it.
One thing being sober has taught me:
I don’t need to rely on alcohol to numb my social anxiety
The more social events you go to when you aren’t drinking, the easy it actually gets.
I remember the first social event I went to being sober, I felt so out of place. I hated all the feelings of embarrassment and shyness that were inside me. (No one was actually making me feel this way, but myself)
The more you do something repeatedly, the more evidence you have of achieving that thing again. Which in turn gives you more confidence to do something over and over.
Two things I have noticed about my appearance:
I don’t have a puffy, inflamed & stressed face anymore. Although I believe I still have some inflammation in my body (as I still have constant period pain). The inflammation has definitely died down from my face.
I barely get any pimples/ hormonal acne. I still have some acne scaring but my god I hardly get pimples/acne. Like literally zero! The only thing that really has changed in my diet is not drinking alcohol.
Anyway that’s really all that I have to say!
Drink alcohol, or don’t drink alcohol - It’s your body and your choice.
If you do decided to not drink one night, one month or one year. There are so many accessible non-alcohol drink options available these days (that aren’t just juice or soft drink).
Lots of love,
Rachelle xx
