Ninja: a person who excels in a particular skill or activity.
After you make the very wise decision to kick the booze, replacing your old bad habits with new healthy ones can be a major challenge. Not least of all as we move towards the end of the week and, ultimately, the weekend, when our friends convene at bars and parties, and proceed to get ripped on their alcoholic beverages of choice.
The first plan of attack for these situations is to have a serious think about who your real friends are. If all of your friends are reckless boozers, it’s going to be very difficult for you to hang with them and not be quickly sucked back into your old ways.
But maybe you’ve got some sensible friends who occasionally have one or two drinks over the course of an evening, and then stop. They don’t get wasted, they remain in control (to a degree), and are fun, good people to be around. You want to keep these friends in your life.
Now, back to our ninja — that’s you. Imagine your new, ninja self, going to a bar with your good friends and ordering an iced tea, or a refreshing sparkling water with ice and slice, while they all order their alcoholic drinks. Imagine yourself doing this with ease, knowing that you are in full control of your actions and choices.
Next, imagine the evening progressing, and you being aware of how the alcohol is affecting your friends, how they’re getting a bit goofy, how maybe they start to share information that they might not have if it wasn’t for the booze. Picture yourself fully engaged in conversations, having fun, sipping on your healthy drink.
As the fog of alcohol plays tricks on your tipsy friends, imagine yourself seeing everything in pure, crystal clarity — fully aware of your surroundings, in absolute control of yourself.
Lastly, imagine yourself waking up the following morning, after a great night’s sleep, with no trace of a hangover, ready to make the most of your amazing life.
And it’s not like you have to work for months or years to get to this point. You can choose to stop drinking right now — in a split second; in one swift and decisive ninja move.
KTB
Kick the Booze 