10 months ago up in Isaarn,fed up of lockdown and bored going to Mom and Pop shops to sit and drink beer, usually alone, until late afternoon, when the shop owner would join me at sundown,I decided I was fed up of the routine, the bloated look, and ever changing rules and closures with Covid etc
I just decided to quit for a while. I am not alcohol dependent but I can drink a lot without being drunk, It all seemed pointless,then to get on the scales and be surprised why my weight was rising. also I felt I was drinking for the sake of it.
So in effect, it wasn't any grand plan, I just stopped drinking.I went walking around the local lake doing four then five miles a day, although that has ceased with rains, multi roadwork projects going outside the lake and local feral dogs that are a problem for everybody.
I am a couple of stones lighter, my money situation will be healthier although I never looked at that, then or now.
I get on their nerves of my other half and family at the houses because all I want to do is DIY and maintenance, I am bored trying to fill my days, even visiting Tesco when I don't need anything, hours on the computer or watching history channel TV
I am 59 and have come to the conclusion, I might just quit as I haven't missed it, the benefits of stopping seem to outweigh the fun I had drinking, unless it's just Covid blues.
Also, being unable to travel without many hoops to jump through, and lack of English conversation up here.
But quitting has brought me problems of filling my days up.
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10 months ago up in Isaarn,fed up of lockdown and bored going to Mom and Pop shops to sit and drink beer, usually alone, until late afternoon, when the shop owner would join me at sundown,I decided I was fed up of the routine, the bloated look, and ever changing rules and closures with Covid etc I just decided to quit for a while. I am not alcohol dependent but I can drink a lot without being drunk, It all seemed pointless,then to get on the scales and be surprised why my weight was rising. also I felt I was drinking for the sake of it. So in effect, it wasn't any grand plan, I just stopped drinking.I went walking around the local lake doing four then five miles a day, although that has ceased with rains, multi roadwork projects going outside the lake and local feral dogs that are a problem for everybody. I am a couple of stones lighter, my money situation will be healthier although I never looked at that, then or now. I get on their nerves of my other half and family at the houses because all I want to do is DIY and maintenance, I am bored trying to fill my days, even visiting Tesco when I don't need anything, hours on the computer or watching history channel TV I am 59 and have come to the conclusion, I might just quit as I haven't missed it, the benefits of stopping seem to outweigh the fun I had drinking, unless it's just Covid blues. Also, being unable to travel without many hoops to jump through, and lack of English conversation up here. But quitting has brought me problems of filling my days up.
