FOUR YEARS!

Celebrating myself today and the fact that I haven’t had alcohol in four years!

What started as a #dryjanuary challenge (thanks Instagram!) after turning 40 rolled into Lent and the 21DaySugarDetoxes and just kept going!

Turning 40 in December... endless parties followed by numerous holiday celebrations and nightly red wine in a fun glass... It was too much. I knew it. I felt it. I came across the hashtag #dryjanuary on Instagram and was up for the monthly challenge. It went well and I decided in February to keep going during Lent. Then I found The 21 Day Sugar Detox and began losing weight, feeling the best I had felt in a long time... I did round and round and round of the Detox making it my daily way of life.

Was it easy? No. But it wasn't that difficult and for that I'm grateful. Sticking to healthy eating is much harder for me... so is budgeting! Sugar & Spending! But honestly, I was tempted from time to time and there were parts of me that wanted to have a drink at a party or to try a new craft beer with my husband or a vacation cocktail... but I didn't. I gave all the JOSH wine I had to my personal trainer! I found books to read about others that got sober and was encouraged to keep going. I filled my nights with mocktails and seltzers... I discovered Kombucha!

Four years later... I haven't gone back to it! Sometimes drinking and alcohol will pop up in my dreams and I wake up thinking about it but I don’t plan to bring it back to my life.