UPDATE: Do I still not drink?

Photo by Juan Granda

I wanted to do a little update on my post about quitting drinking because on May 17 it will have been three months!! To be honest the time has absolutely flown and I feel no temptation to stop now (or should I say start?? lol). Even with summer coming, aka patio season, aka summer party cottage life poolside chillin', I have no desire to give up my new alcohol-free lifestyle. I always found it counterintuitive that people work so hard to get "summer bodies" only to trash them all summer with partying, drinking, eating crap, etc. I remember always hating waking up hungover on beautiful summer days, feeling like I was wasting a perfectly good day. 

One thing I learned since I decided to quit drinking altogether is that people typically respond with respect when you tell them confidently "I don't drink", but when you say "I'm not drinking tonight" or "I'm only drinking a little bit", that's when the peer pressure comes in because they can sense that you can be persuaded and aren't that committed. I always hated when people asked me what I was doing the next day that could possibly be more important than getting wasted that night. 

*Random thought I don't like to refer to it as "I've been sober for X months" because I feel like that sounds like I'm a recovering alcoholic and I'd like to clarify that I most definitely was not; just a typical social drinker.

I do have a bachelorette party in Miami coming up that I am so excited for, but luckily the bride doesn't drink either so we are gucci fam!!!!! Still going to be lit though, I obviously don't need vodka for confidence on the dance floor ;)

At the time, making the decision to quit was very difficult for me. I didn't know how long I should try to keep it up for; a month? 90 days? I didn't choose a time frame after all, and just decided to see how long I would last and how I felt. I had no idea it would actually be this easy; making the decision was the hardest part! I love that I am able to keep up my fitness momentum over the weekend, and not feel like I'm starting from scratch every Monday anymore. I love waking up feeling refreshed and non-hungover EVERY day. Sometimes when I wake up and feel a bit groggy I just remember what hangovers feel like and am so grateful not to have one. Do I miss a nice glass of wine after long day? No lol I've never enjoyed that; I never really enjoyed alcohol itself, just the idea and social experience of it. It's all marketing anyways! Catch me on the beach this summer sipping my soda water :)