Willpower to lessen the booze!

I drank entirely too much this weekend. Entirely. Too. Much. Wow.

 I have company coming in town this weekend (which is another post in itself) so there will be more drinking. However, until then, I am abstaining from the adult beverages! Last summer I decided I was drinking incredibly too much and I took a one week vow of sobriety to focus on other things. I had come to the point where I drank every night. I didn’t originally do this, it all began when I moved away from the only home I had ever known and started over. In your twenty somethings it’s harder to make friends when you are working full time. I was depressed and started drinking yet when I made friends, I didn’t stop, I just had company. My one week was tougher than it probably should have been. I truly don’t think it was an addiction, I think it was habit. I tend to get in a pattern and I’m not great with chance. After my one week ended my health vastly improved. I only drank 2-3 times a week after that. In late September, my grandfather passed away and I was face to face with the father who abandoned me 14 years ago. I started drinking daily again. I have decided that my health, my bank account and my sanity must prevail here. It is out of hand, but I can change it. I have 100% faith in myself in this. I don’t crave a drink when I wake up or at lunch or even at night - it’s just a routine that I am stuck in. Today that changes. Wish me luck!