Let me preface this article by acknowledging that I quit drinking a while ago because I felt that drinking was getting in the way of my life. Is drinking getting in the way of yours? Who knows, but I figure by relaying my story, it may help someone else. I decided about a year ago that I was letting drinking get in the way of my life. Actually, in the time since I've been out, I've realized that I let drinking get in the way of my life for quite a long time.
Actually that's probably one of the biggest realizations that I've arrived at in my life. The realization that while I was drinking, I wasn't really thinking clearly, although I thought I was. One of my biggest excuses was that I liked the 'taste' of beer. The taste of beer? What the hell does that even mean? I haven't had a beer in over a year and I haven't missed the taste at all. I've realized that it was never about the taste, I just told myself it was. The bottom line is when I was drinking everyday, I wasn't thinking clearly.
Was I an alcoholic? I don't make distinctions like that, but I know I drank everyday. On average it had to be a twelve pack of beer a day. If that's an alcoholic, then I guess I'm in the club. I was in love with beer, and thought that I needed it. At the end of the day I realized I liked the way it made me "feel". I liked the buzz. Once I came to grips with that little fact, I realized that I needed to make some changes. I was searching for something, and found it, artificially mind you, in beer.
It's funny, I feel as id I woke up a year ago and realized that fifteen years had passed without me accomplishing much of anything other than drinking a ton of alcohol. The way I see it, I tried drinking for fifteen years and didn't accomplish much, I'll tfry not drinking foir the next fifteen years and see what happens. If the second fifteen years isn't better, screw it, I'll start drinking again! The point is that I felt that drinking was getting in the way of my life, and maybe you should evaluate your life, and see if it's getting in the way of yours. Remember what Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "It is not length of life, but depth of life." When I was drinking, there was no depth, that's about all I know.
Actually that's probably one of the biggest realizations that I've arrived at in my life. The realization that while I was drinking, I wasn't really thinking clearly, although I thought I was. One of my biggest excuses was that I liked the 'taste' of beer. The taste of beer? What the hell does that even mean? I haven't had a beer in over a year and I haven't missed the taste at all. I've realized that it was never about the taste, I just told myself it was. The bottom line is when I was drinking everyday, I wasn't thinking clearly.
Was I an alcoholic? I don't make distinctions like that, but I know I drank everyday. On average it had to be a twelve pack of beer a day. If that's an alcoholic, then I guess I'm in the club. I was in love with beer, and thought that I needed it. At the end of the day I realized I liked the way it made me "feel". I liked the buzz. Once I came to grips with that little fact, I realized that I needed to make some changes. I was searching for something, and found it, artificially mind you, in beer.
It's funny, I feel as id I woke up a year ago and realized that fifteen years had passed without me accomplishing much of anything other than drinking a ton of alcohol. The way I see it, I tried drinking for fifteen years and didn't accomplish much, I'll tfry not drinking foir the next fifteen years and see what happens. If the second fifteen years isn't better, screw it, I'll start drinking again! The point is that I felt that drinking was getting in the way of my life, and maybe you should evaluate your life, and see if it's getting in the way of yours. Remember what Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "It is not length of life, but depth of life." When I was drinking, there was no depth, that's about all I know.
Trevor Kugler - Co-founder of JRWfishing and founder of yourmoneyconnection.com Trevor has more than 15 years of business experience and currently raises his three year old daughter in the heart of trout fishing country - Montana.
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