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Hello again. I have been a regular visitor if not a regular poster here. I'm a 76 year-old man who was a teetotaler for over 30 years. I originally quit drinking because I didn't like my pattern of nightly drinking and because over half of my close relatives are/were alcoholics. I seldom drank a lot but I drank every day.
I started drinking again about four years ago during a recent family health crisis and then quit again in late January this year.
Things were going well; a couple of slips but only for a day each time. Then, this August I backpacked the John Muir Trail in the Sierra Nevada of California. The day I got back to civilization, I celebrated with a hamburger and a tall cold beer. This has now pretty much stabilized at my drinking between half and three quarters of a bottle of red wine nearly every night.
My health is good and I am quite fit for a guy my age. But, it galls me to have a habit I can't seem to break for good. I know that I feel better when I don't drink and I'm sure sobriety is better for my health but this all goes out the window when the 4:00 (pm) drinking time comes around. I don't drink after dinner and usually feel sober at bedtime and am functional while drinking. I just don't like having my life controlled by ethanol and not me.
I plan to quit, again, in the next day or so. The weather here is getting cool enough that I can substitute an afternoon walk for the first glass of wine: I think that will get me past the afternoon trigger. I'll let you know.
Wish me the best and I'll keep you all advised.
I started drinking again about four years ago during a recent family health crisis and then quit again in late January this year.
Things were going well; a couple of slips but only for a day each time. Then, this August I backpacked the John Muir Trail in the Sierra Nevada of California. The day I got back to civilization, I celebrated with a hamburger and a tall cold beer. This has now pretty much stabilized at my drinking between half and three quarters of a bottle of red wine nearly every night.
My health is good and I am quite fit for a guy my age. But, it galls me to have a habit I can't seem to break for good. I know that I feel better when I don't drink and I'm sure sobriety is better for my health but this all goes out the window when the 4:00 (pm) drinking time comes around. I don't drink after dinner and usually feel sober at bedtime and am functional while drinking. I just don't like having my life controlled by ethanol and not me.
I plan to quit, again, in the next day or so. The weather here is getting cool enough that I can substitute an afternoon walk for the first glass of wine: I think that will get me past the afternoon trigger. I'll let you know.
Wish me the best and I'll keep you all advised.
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