G.R.O.G
It was 5am on a Sunday morning. I was wide awake and my stomach hurt from the previous nights festivities. I knew the feeling, it was a natural part of my weekend routine. I lay there in my big comfy bed, body sprawled out, the fan blowing cool wind over my skin. But I couldn't sleep. My mind kept racing, any other night I would have slept like a baby, but not now at 5am on a Sunday morning. My morning off work, I couldn't sleep and I began a deep assessment of my life.
I eventually went back to sleep at around 6.30am, I spent most of the time until then asking why I was drunk again and unable to sleep. I felt over it, I felt sorry for myself and I felt angry. I got up at 10am and proceeded to force myself to the gym. I felt groggy but not as bad as when I first woke up at 5am. I knew on the way to the gym that I was not going to be able to give 100% but I wanted to go. Half way through my workout, I began to get angry at myself again. I have set goals for 2013 and training like this was not one of them. I left the gym, tired and sore but not from strenuous exercise but from downing 10 beers in an evening.
My mother has never drank grog, she didn't like Alcohol and has never done drugs or smoked cigarettes. It was something not allowed in our house after my father left. As my siblings got older they were allowed to drink but not too much at home, more at friends houses and at bars. Upon reflecting on my childhood in a predominately alcohol free environment, I wondered about my relationship with alcohol and my scarily dependence on it. I started to realise that I was drinking alcohol in a lot of my social engagements and this was normal.
'Excessive alcohol consumption is one of the more prominent health risks in modern Australian society. It is associated with risks to health both in the short and long term, including mood and anxiety problems and chronic conditions caused by injury. It may also affect a person’s ability to work, or participate in other aspects of family and community life'.
Australian Bureau of Statistics
I began researching statistics on the consumption of alcohol and what I found surprised me, but in a strange way I knew all this information. I know what drinking alcohol does to my mood and what it does to my health but still I continue the same routine each weekend.
I have decided to phase out alcohol in my life, I want a better relationship with my body and I want to live a happy healthy life. I will be blogging about this new journey and hope you like what you read.
It was 5am on a Sunday morning. I was wide awake and my stomach hurt from the previous nights festivities. I knew the feeling, it was a natural part of my weekend routine. I lay there in my big comfy bed, body sprawled out, the fan blowing cool wind over my skin. But I couldn't sleep. My mind kept racing, any other night I would have slept like a baby, but not now at 5am on a Sunday morning. My morning off work, I couldn't sleep and I began a deep assessment of my life.
I eventually went back to sleep at around 6.30am, I spent most of the time until then asking why I was drunk again and unable to sleep. I felt over it, I felt sorry for myself and I felt angry. I got up at 10am and proceeded to force myself to the gym. I felt groggy but not as bad as when I first woke up at 5am. I knew on the way to the gym that I was not going to be able to give 100% but I wanted to go. Half way through my workout, I began to get angry at myself again. I have set goals for 2013 and training like this was not one of them. I left the gym, tired and sore but not from strenuous exercise but from downing 10 beers in an evening.
My mother has never drank grog, she didn't like Alcohol and has never done drugs or smoked cigarettes. It was something not allowed in our house after my father left. As my siblings got older they were allowed to drink but not too much at home, more at friends houses and at bars. Upon reflecting on my childhood in a predominately alcohol free environment, I wondered about my relationship with alcohol and my scarily dependence on it. I started to realise that I was drinking alcohol in a lot of my social engagements and this was normal.
'Excessive alcohol consumption is one of the more prominent health risks in modern Australian society. It is associated with risks to health both in the short and long term, including mood and anxiety problems and chronic conditions caused by injury. It may also affect a person’s ability to work, or participate in other aspects of family and community life'.
Australian Bureau of Statistics
I began researching statistics on the consumption of alcohol and what I found surprised me, but in a strange way I knew all this information. I know what drinking alcohol does to my mood and what it does to my health but still I continue the same routine each weekend.
