It changes as time goes on. The first week was horrible. I still vividly remember noticing all of the billboards I passed going to work. Our grocery store had a big sign out front hung over the door. It seemed like every end cap had beer. There was a isle for wine, an isle for hard alcohol, and a isle of coolers filled with every kind of beer. I couldn't walk anywhere in that store and not see it. Every time it was put in front of me my brain said, "You know, you can't do that anymore." and I'd always answer that voice and say, "I know." It was depressing.
After about the first week I started seeing changes in my health. After the second week I started sleeping like a baby again. After about the first thirty days the signs and grocery store visits became tolerable. After about the first six months I lost more than twenty pounds without making any other changes. A little more than a year and it was fairly easy for me to be around others who were drinking.
I drank cheap beer like Coors Light. A lot of people would tell you it tastes like water. So I replaced it with water. Not cheap ass bottled water but the shit that has bubbles and comes in a can. I told myself I can drink as many as these things as I want. I have a fridge out in the garage that is literally full of those fuckers top to bottom. Every time I'm going out with people who are drinking I take a cooler with me. I still get the feel of it in my hand. I still hear that glorious pop of the can on a hot summer day. I still get to crush them and throw them into the recycle bin. I still always have one in my hand. It's a good replacement.
I don't know, I never really put a label on myself. I'm sure others would have answered yes. It definitely became a bad habit and it was really difficult to quit. Drinking had been a major part of my life for about twenty-five years. I drank beer like a lot of people drink soda and I did it ever single day. It's something I thought about doing for years and the New Years after his swearing in I decided it's time, this time for good. Only resolution I've ever made.
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