Alcohol, the daily battle.

From the date I officially stopped drinking, I’ve had 2 occasions I drank, exactly 4 days apart. The first was so bad I could hardly walk, how I drove home without a scratch was a miracle, it took almost 3 days to get the alcohol out of my system. The second session inflamed my tonsil so bad I had a “something stuck in my throat” feeling for a while.

Today I had a very strong urge to drink, powerful craving that physically made me agitated. I had my usual coffee in the morning without breakfast, went out for some errands, got home at around 3pm and had the strong craving.

After eating some food (instant noodles with shredded beef) I felt better. The cravings didn’t go away until I had a strong cup of coffee, eureka!

Now more (max 3 cups) of coffee a day will be one of my methods of attack against alcohol cravings.

Keto Day 12

Today I did not eat anything because I felt bloated and still had no bowel movements.

I had coffee at 2pm

It was a complete food fast day and I feel balanced, now at 10:30pm I don’t feel as bloated I felt during the day.

No alcohol too.

Keto Day 11

I had coffee at around 7am, that took me till

3pm when I had one roasted corn on the cub. I felt full, slightly bloated

At 6pm I had fluted pumpkin leaves with a small potion of rice, 2 whole boiled eggs and fried mackerel fish. I felt full but not bloated until I had 3 chewing gums, I think the sugar in the gums spiked my insulin level up but after a while, I felt ok.

I had no alcohol today, no cravings for it either.

Keto Day 10.

I had a very nasty headache from last night’s binge drinking. Woke up at about 8am then had coffee, I felt horrible, tired, the alcohol still in my body, just felt awful.

I had instant noodles with goat meat at around 3:30pm, then a cup of coffee. I had bowel movement which helped flush out the remaining alcohol from my body. I felt much better.

At 8pm I had 2 oranges and a small cucumber.

No more Alcohol

I’ve had a love hate relationship with alcohol for years now. I hate the hangovers, I love the rush of endorphins from a good buzz. I am 39 years old, I have a wife and daughter, a good business (we manufacture plastic bottle preforms) with another about to start.

A couple years back, I stopped drinking for almost 2 years, then out of the blue I said, “let me have a taste, since I am over the addiction…” and boom, back to drinking huge amounts of the poison. When I went sober, I replaced the alcohol with perfumes, now I have just shy of 70 bottles collected over 4 years.

I have gotten to the point that I drink till I pass out. I am tired of it, it isn’t sustainable, it is cheating me from enjoying my life, family, business, hobbies. The trigger to drink comes from me being excited, which just makes me drink more to sustain the excitement.

I am making the commitment today 8th of June 2022, that I have stopped drinking alcohol, taking it one day at a time, so help me God.

What will I substitute alcohol with?

1. Software development using Python and Django.
2. Touring on my motorcycle.
3. Make passive income online
4. Documenting my journey; the mishaps, successes, thoughts, etc on this blog.

We are all consistent, the question is what are you consistent with, what are you consistent in? I hope to focus my consistency on the above list.

Keto Day 9

At 10am I had only coffee

I had catfish peppered soup at 3:30pm even though I wasn’t hungry

5pm I had Guinness Stout 600ml x 3, I felt bloated after taking the first bottle of Guinness

At 7pm I had 3 scrambled eggs with a can of sardines and red wine

Keto Day 8

I had coffee at around 7am, it kept me alert till afternoon.

For lunch I had left over moi moi with some avocado, water mixed with apple cider vinegar at 2pm, I didn’t feel bloated nor tired. I had a coffee afterwards

At 6pm I had more moi moi with goat meat peppered soup, I didn’t feel bloated nor tired. I washed it down with a cup of lime ginger tea. I feel very good, energetic.

Keto Day 7

I had coffee at about 7am with some apple cider vinegar in water

I had some fried yam, sliced thin with scotch bonnet peppered sauce at about 2pm

Had 2 roasted corn on cob at 3pm

7pm I had 2 big bean cake we call moi moi, it is basically boiled blended beans inside tin cans with boiled egg and fish.

Keto Day 6

After last night’s drinking my eyes are puffed up this morning, I don’t feel bloated but a bit hung over. Alcohol takes away strength. I got up at 6am exactly. I took coffee at 7am.

I had one avocado with chicken at about 2pm

At around 7pm I had some chicken in spicy broth, instant coffee and that was it

Keto Day 5

At 8am I had instant coffee.

I had 2 oranges, 3 garden eggs and apple cider vinegar to wash it down at about 5pm

I had 5 x 60cl lager beer with a shot of bitters between 5pm and 9pm with goat meat pepper soup.

I feel tipsy after the lager beer, but not bloated. Let’s see how I feel in the morning!

Keto is interesting, I’ll keep pushing.