She Wrote | October 2019
Tomorrow is November and I am no longer bound by the confines of “Oc-Sober” which has me thinking about my relationship with alcohol as a form of escapism. A way of numbing frustration, stress, and loneliness. A glass or two and quite often a bottle of wine would wash away the focus making things “rosey”.
To be honest I didn’t plan or sign up for Oc-sober, rather a series of coincidences that resulted in these 31days of alcohol less living. A contributing component in my oc-sober has been my friend group (none of them drink which I guess influenced me) along with my change of environment - something in the air here too, I suspect my ancestors have a big influence in all of this.
So what did I learn? I can have a good time without alcohol, I spend less money when I am out, I dream more often and usually remember my dreams. My body just feels a lot better - I mean I still experience my usual hormonal struggles but mentally I feel balanced, and I am feeling and writing down my emotions in a journal as opposed to suppressing them.
