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Monthly Archives: February 2023

Eliminating alcohol has improved the quality of my sleep

Since eliminating alcohol, I’ve been getting the best rest I’ve ever had.  Consuming alcohol affects sleep quality and energy levels.  Sleep is the foundation for good health and plays a critical role in the body.  Alcohol has sedative effects, so it may not immediately look like a culprit for poor sleep… however it disrupts the body’s regulation of sleep, especially during the periods of…

An alcohol-free life gives me greater time affluence

The older I get, the more I realize that the only currency that really matters is time.  We all know this on a fundamental level, but it wasn’t until I stopped drinking alcohol that this became really obvious to me.   I’ve also been learning more about what psychologists have defined as ‘time affluence’: the sense that one regularly has ample time available.  There have been…

Life feels limitless without alcohol

Truth bomb, I never actually thought a life without alcohol was possible for me. When I was drinking, I always held a skeptical intrigue towards people who didn’t drink. They seemed like aliens to me. Alcohol is literally everywhere and we are conditioned our entire lives to think it’s a necessary ingredient to business, dating, relationships, and socialization, therefore I genuinely didn’t know how these people did…