I was surprised that so much anxiety was lifted from me. I don't dread going to work anymore, I don't get so aggravated in traffic, and grocery shopping is easier because if it takes 2 hours on a Saturday, it's not so bad. I'm not itchy to get home, open a beer and "relax". The funny thing about relaxing is that my thoughts consisted of opening a beer. I didn't think of anything after that. My first weekend without beer, I sat with my daughter and her friends and watched 3 movies in a row. THREE! I couldn't remember ever paying attention to 1 all the way through. Never mind remembering what the movie was even about or how it ended. Now that was relaxing, even if they were the "saw" movies
