Ironically enough I was a bad alcoholic up until about a year ago, and we all know that makes an odor but even if I went two days without drinking my gf could still smell me. She said it had like a metallic smell. Oddly enough when I drink wasps or any types of bees would fly right up to me trying to land on me, I think it was due to smelling all the sugar coming out of my pores from the alcohol in sweat etc.. kinda crazy right? And I even shower daily and even after a shower my gf could still smell it… I’ve been clean almost a year now and never felt better.

Was one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do. There’s only been 2 occasions where I did drink within the last year and I limited myself but other than that, I’ve been without drinking for almost a year. It was taking ahold of my life, I got to a point I was so good at hiding it I could get away with it. But I started doing it so much and everyday eventually my body just had a smell to it and my gf could tell it was when I was drinking and it started coming between us and after one night of to many I broke down and decided to stop, I poured out what I had and didn’t buy anymore. The urge is always there, I still think about it and still think about getting a beer or two but I have enough self control over it now I typically tell myself no or get a water instead. It’s been hard but well worth it. Since I’ve quit I’ve literally lost like 30lbs lol I used to weigh 185 and now I hover between 155-158. It’s been amazing the money I’ve saved and the health benefits.

I am a night owl at heart I’m typically up late sometimes about 11 and I wake up at 3am every day to be at work at 5. I’m not 2 hours from my job but I shower every morning and leave about 3:45 and go by the gas station get a drink and a small breakfast and I’m at work by 4:20, I do this cause I’m not one of those people that can get to work in just enough time to clock in and start working cause then I feel like my whole days rushed. I do it so I have a good 30-35 mins before I go clock in and get ready for the start up meeting I guess that’s kinda my meditation time but it gives me a chance to wake up a bit. Now I’m not up this late every night and sometimes after being up a few nights that late and getting up early my body gets tired so sometimes I’m asleep by 7 or 8. But once my body catches up on sleep I’m usually back to staying up til 10 or 11 again lol. I used to always be up late and get 3-4 hours of sleep and still make it to work but I was a heavy drinker at that time so I never slept. But now that I’ve quit drinking it’s been a lot easier on my body to sleep better and not feel so negative with myself when I wake up. I also have a good job that I’m not necessarily happy to be going to work but the jobs low stress and low BS it’s worth going to work so I’m happy where I’m at. But just having the extra “chill” time to myself before my day gets started tends to put me in good spirits.

Edit: I also do things that are relaxing before bed as well that keep me happy, going fishing is something I love to do so even some days after work (weather permitting) I’ll go fish for a few hours. If you have a pet say a cat or dog, pet them for a while and show affection to them, it’s been proven petting a cat for some time will lower your stress as well as your heart rate and blood pressure and when you have a cat like mine that begs for pets it’s almost impossible not to lol.