First trial
03/02/12 • 2 Comments

I had my first test with abstaining from drinking, last night. We had someone over for dinner, they bought a really nice bottle of wine, i was out the back barbequeing some marinated chicken. the behavioural reward cascade started to kick in big time. I wanted a drink. Because of my committment to HSM I was able to resist that desire to have a drink while cooking the diner. The next test came while at dinner, while our 2 guests were enjoying their wine. I am SO pleased that I could manage to not have any. When i woke up in the middle of the night and had a CLEAR head, I was so grateful that I was not in that usual state of having a slight headache. As an incentive to keep going i will focus on the FEELING of a clear head. A graet reason to not drink. [...]

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