Running Out of Vices to Give Up
I’ve been thinking it for a while now, but tonight I finally decided to see if Google confirmed my theory about what’s behind my despondent mood on many Sundays. Bingo:
After a big night of drinking - not necessarily a major binge, but say 4 drinks or more - I’ve definitely noticed that my general mood is a bit depressed for the next couple of days. There’s a general feeling of being a bit ‘down’ and even a bit uneasy, edgy, anxious and not as relaxed or happy as usual. (The Sydney Morning Herald Blogs)
I haven’t figured out yet whether I simply need to be more restrictive about my drinking, or whether I should just give it up entirely except for perhaps the occasional special celebration. But I also have a bad habit of forgetting that I’ll completely regret this tomorrow! until it’s tomorrow already and too late to do anything about it. Sigh.
I wonder if it would work to set a time every day to remove a beer from the fridge, set it on the counter, and take a good long look at it while listing out loud all the bad results it inevitably brings me: dehydration, headache, nausea, exhaustion, depression, crying, bags under my eyes, swollen ankles and legs, etc.
Basically, I would be training my brain to associate a bottle of Michelob Ultra with so much negativity that I’d not want one in my hand. Hmmmm.
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