Sober October turns into lack of personality 2018
When dry January turns into alcohol free February and the next thing you know you are already partaking in sober October.
Sue: “Mandy, are you doing Sober October?”
Mandy: “Nah, I am doing sober 2018”
Yes, you read correctly….
I have NOT drank alcohol since the 1st of January 2018
But why! Why on earth would you do something so crazy? Alcohol makes you fun! You are not going to be fun anymore. How are you going to socialize now? People are going to judge you! Maybe you should just have on drink once in a while……
6 Reasons I stopped drinking for 1 year…..
Below are 6 main reasons that I decided to stop drinking for 1 year and see how it goes. For those of you that think it is purely for the calories and weight reason, boy you are going to be shocked
Calories don’t scare me
1. Smoking Cigarettes
I quit smoking in January 2017 and it has been the toughest thing I have done. Every time I drank, I would get hold of cigarettes and I go smoke them around the corner, like a naughty 16 year old.
#AtLeastYouNotSmokingFlakka
2. Bad Decisions
I am not your “i’ll have one and go home” kinda girl. I am more your “One turns into two, two turns into Jager shots, and when I look again I am trying to figure out how I managed to sleep in the gutter and lose one shoe” kinda girl.
#ShotsShotsShots
3. Hangovers
I hate hangovers more than Sue hates condoms. Curing a hangover with a salad is a lot tougher that curing it with a burger, chips and ice cream.
#HangoversAreForPussys
4. Recovery Time
I am at the age where you will need to push me around in a wheel chair for several days after I have had a rough night out. If I drink on a Friday night, I will only be up and running on a Monday. So this means, the two full days that I could have used for any sort of training is wasted.
#WastedWeekends
5. Expensive
The cost of alcohol has just gone through the roof, and then if you do drink and make bad decisions, you could end up in jail, there are the bail costs and the lawyer fees, so ideally I avoid all of this.
#AlcoholPricesMustFall
6. Calories
The calories in alcohol are not necessarily a major issue, especially if consumed in moderation, but we all know that moderation and me are not such good mates. It’s not only the calories in the alcohol, it is the mixers, the food, the drunk take aways, etc etc.
#CryMeACalorie
When that first drop of alcohol hits my lips, I can already taste all the bad decisions to follow.
“But Mandy, you are a lot funnier and have a better personality when you are drunk”
I know
The above pictures prove that
- Do you drink?
- Does it affect your fitness?
- Have you tried stopping?
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Why didn’t I bump into your blog sooner? You’re hilarious! #CryMeACalorie won the hash tags for me.
1. Yes, I do drink BUT I went sober the whole of September. You can read about it from my Lifestyle Blog : https://makupsy.wordpress.com/2018/08/31/30-days-without-alcohol/
2 & 3 Strangest thing is when I used to drink vodka like a mad woman I actually used to clock in more runs and even longer runs for that. When I stopped it all went out the window.
After not drinking for an entire month when I tried to get back to it I felt terrible the next day. Just two glasses of wine gave me a serious acid reflux. 🙁
The alcohol in Zimbabwe is a different kind of poison.. I have spent many nights in Victoria Falls drinking at the local pubs, and jeeez I almost walked into an Elephant once….
I rarely drink. It’s just not worth it. People say I’m ridicously insane sober and funny so no reason to drink. I have a couple besties I smoke with occasionally but I can’t cut them out. Hahaha.
You may be funner drinking but you look fabulous not drinking!! ✌🏻
Hahaha pick your poisons indeed. Yeah I am generally a handful when I am sober, so you can only imagine what a drunk Mandy is like….
I also do not drink. The reaction as you put in your blog post is very accurate. People are deeply concerned when you do not drink alcohol. Yet, to many people’s surprise it actually is possible to have fun and socialize without drinking alcohol!
The formatting in your posts is awesome by the way, keep up the awesome content!
100%. I tell a joke much better when I am sober compared to when I am drunk.. Haha
Thanks for the feedback, much appreciated.
I think I’m on year twenty-five or so of sobriety. It doesn’t bother me to be around it socially, it’s just not for me. For me it’s a bit freeing to not have to worry about one turns into two or eight and where did I sleep. Congrats on your journey, wherever it takes you. Love your writing. Never fail to bring a smile or outright laughter. Keep it up!
Yeah I am the same as you – I feel much better knowing that I have control.
I really do appreciate the feedback and ind words. Thanks so much
Good for you. I always think a beer sounds delicious, and I always regret it later. Yeah, at 39 I can’t party like I’m 25 any more. Just a couple beers and I have a headache for 2 days. Also, once a smoker always a smoker. Couple sips and… eh, just one pack will be fine.
Spot on. I used to love smoking. Smoked as soon as I woke up, smoked before I went to bed, smoked on the toilet, woke up in the middle of the night and smoked…. Haha So bad
Awesome, congrats! One thing I realised though is often I was drinking to make up for other people’s lack of personality rather than my own /to deal with boring events. Seems to me you have plenty of personality 🙂
Hahaha, true story, My personality comes and goes, depends on who I surround myself with 🙂 hahaha.
I had a terribly overdue day off alcohol on February 1 2018, and have kept going. I wrote about it today.
Lovely post … actually very refreshing and honest! Katie
Hi Katie. Thanks so much for your kind words.