The vain side of sobriety!
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The vain side of sobriety!
I'm on day 8.
When I woke up this morning, apart from feeling grateful that I'm not hungover and shaking, I noticed some changes when I looked in the mirror.
The swelling and redness around my nose is almost gone.
My eyes aren't puffy and red any more.
My face has actually changed shape!
I used to wake up to dry, flaking skin around my chin- now it's smooth and hydrated. The fine lines that were appearing have all but vanished!
Now that I'm not drinking until I fall asleep at 8pm every night, I have been following a good skin care routine, and taking supplements. The difference is incredible! The better sleep must be helping too.
I gave myself last week off from the gym, as I was feeling pretty awful while I detoxed. Today, it's Monday morning, and I can hardly wait to hit the gym and see what my body can do when I'm pumping it full of herbal tea instead of wine every night!
When I woke up this morning, apart from feeling grateful that I'm not hungover and shaking, I noticed some changes when I looked in the mirror.
The swelling and redness around my nose is almost gone.
My eyes aren't puffy and red any more.
My face has actually changed shape!
I used to wake up to dry, flaking skin around my chin- now it's smooth and hydrated. The fine lines that were appearing have all but vanished!
Now that I'm not drinking until I fall asleep at 8pm every night, I have been following a good skin care routine, and taking supplements. The difference is incredible! The better sleep must be helping too.
I gave myself last week off from the gym, as I was feeling pretty awful while I detoxed. Today, it's Monday morning, and I can hardly wait to hit the gym and see what my body can do when I'm pumping it full of herbal tea instead of wine every night!
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Originally Posted by GymJunkie 
I'm on day 8.
When I woke up this morning, apart from feeling grateful that I'm not hungover and shaking, I noticed some changes when I looked in the mirror.
The swelling and redness around my nose is almost gone.
My eyes aren't puffy and red any more.
My face has actually changed shape!
I used to wake up to dry, flaking skin around my chin- now it's smooth and hydrated. The fine lines that were appearing have all but vanished!
Now that I'm not drinking until I fall asleep at 8pm every night, I have been following a good skin care routine, and taking supplements. The difference is incredible! The better sleep must be helping too.
I gave myself last week off from the gym, as I was feeling pretty awful while I detoxed. Today, it's Monday morning, and I can hardly wait to hit the gym and see what my body can do when I'm pumping it full of herbal tea instead of wine every night!
When I woke up this morning, apart from feeling grateful that I'm not hungover and shaking, I noticed some changes when I looked in the mirror.
The swelling and redness around my nose is almost gone.
My eyes aren't puffy and red any more.
My face has actually changed shape!
I used to wake up to dry, flaking skin around my chin- now it's smooth and hydrated. The fine lines that were appearing have all but vanished!
Now that I'm not drinking until I fall asleep at 8pm every night, I have been following a good skin care routine, and taking supplements. The difference is incredible! The better sleep must be helping too.
I gave myself last week off from the gym, as I was feeling pretty awful while I detoxed. Today, it's Monday morning, and I can hardly wait to hit the gym and see what my body can do when I'm pumping it full of herbal tea instead of wine every night!
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I thought for sure I would drop some weight when I quit drinking, taking in 800 fewer calories each day, but no! Haven't lost a pound. I must be compensating by eating more, especially at night 
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I don't think that's vain, this is pure health stuff. The skin is the bodies biggest organ and I drank so much I had scales on the front of my legs. Urgh. To be honest even after a year I am still noticing improvements. The puffiness and the redness was the first to go, it just gets better from then on 
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