I wasn't expecting day one to be hard. Maybe alcohol was not a good thing to give up. Instead I should have given something up that hits more close to home for me. What would that be? Not dressing up for 100 days? Being bald for 100 days? No vegetables for 100 days?
All these would probably have been more difficult. But I digress from changing, seeing as once we've made a start in a direction there is only to go forward day by day.
All these would probably have been more difficult. But I digress from changing, seeing as once we've made a start in a direction there is only to go forward day by day.
I'm also sure that being in school will make this a bit too simple. Today I spent all day at home with my nose in one book after the other. A section from The Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, another from Regarding the Pain of Others by Susan Sontag and last but not least 20 pages from my reader about the 1972-74 Ethiopian Famine. Had I done this while I was in the military and/or in Korea I am sure it would have been much more difficult seeing as the drinking culture there was so much more highlighted.
Perhaps this will actually become harder than I'm giving credit? Maybe by day 60 I'll be itching for a drink? Perhaps I should go out tonight to test how one feels completely sober around friends. It could be a totally different experience all together.
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