That time I stopped drinking and focused on my health

You wouldn’t think it by looking through old Facebook posts and photos, but I rarely touch alcohol to my lips. I started this journey over two years ago, and after a few bumpy roads, rarely look back.

About two years ago I stopped drinking. I stopped drinking absolutely every type of alcohol. I didn’t do this in a sobering move, I never tried a Sober November in my life, and didn’t feel like I had an issue with alcohol, at least in the addictive sense. But, my body seemed to be having an issue, so I decided to cut it out.

I stopped drinking during a time in my life when I would’ve needed more than a glass of wine at dinner. Stress was eating me alive, my migraines were out of control and I felt like I was spinning in place. I gave myself a hearty amount of tearful days of over-thinking and stressing out and then decided to buck up and tackle one of my issues: migraine triggers.

I didn’t want to do any sort of Elimination Diet, which would only make my migraines worse for weeks until they — maybe — got better. Instead, I paid attention to what I did and ate and drank and started cutting out things that could be bothering me. Funnily enough, this ended up with me cutting out my extreme stress and helped me move towards a better life path. Life path sounds a little too spiritual and hippie, doesn’t it…