The eve of Day 2, and I’m feeling highly motivated to kick the booze for good, though I did have several unplanned encounters with it today.
This morning I was looking at some vacation destinations for a hard-earned trip that I’m planning with my other half. Most of the photos of the accommodations had glasses of wine in them — by the jacuzzi, beside the stove in the kitchen, on tables beside sunbeds.
Then I picked up a piece of Mahi Mahi at the store (silly expensive – I hadn’t noticed the price until it was too late), came home and googled a garlic sauce recipe to go with the fish. The first recipe that I clicked on was made with white wine.
And while at the grocery store, I was whizzing through gathering bits for the week, and rounded the corner of an aisle into the booze section — I had to go through it to pick up some bread — surrounded by towering shelves of wine and beer.
Booze is everywhere. It’s “normal” to drink, “they’d” like to have us believe. It makes it tough for a person trying to quit. But knowing that that’s what you’re dealing with is a big help; you can come up with some strategies to counter it. And you should.
Remembering that the poison in those attractive bottles, and cans, and boxes has the potential to kill you might help; that alcohol can quickly cause an intelligent person to make really bad decisions; that it ruins so many relationships, with friends and loved ones; that excessive alcohol use led to approximately 88,000 deaths and 2.5 million years of potential life lost (YPLL) each year in the United States from 2006 – 2010, shortening the lives of those who died by an average of 30 years.
Some sobering thoughts indeed.
KTB
Kick the Booze 