I started to wonder if MAYBE I had made too big of a deal out of my relationship with alcohol.

About 4 months after I quit drinking, I started to wonder if MAYBE I had made too big of a deal out of my relationship with alcohol.
So i decided to conduct a little experiment of my own. One night, I filmed myself getting drunk. I was all alone, with no external stimulation. It was just me, and the bottle.
The results of that video were absolutely astonishing to me.
I wasn't having fun, I definitely wasn't funnier. I could see clearly that alcohol just made me a dulled down version of myself, and it wasn't serving me in any way.
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[@tjfSIM]

That really makes sense. I kind of had this realisation over the last few months that it’s not drinking I’m enjoying at all, it’s the things that trigger my cravings for it, and the anticipation of it. What you said about the brain not being able to work out what’s fun, that’s totally it 🙂👍 I feel like I just need to get my brain to associate those feelings of anticipation with something else, that will become the ‘reward’ instead of drinking.

[@ThisNakedMind]

That awareness is the beginning of the shift and helps remove the desire to drink! What awesome progress you're having!

[@tjfSIM]

@@ThisNakedMind Thanks Annie! I do feel like something has clicked. A therapist used to say it takes a while for your subconscious to get on board, and it's true but watching videos such as yours really does help. Even though I've not been conscious of it, gradually over time my mindset has changed.