I began my journey to rewire my brain and rebuild my body with a BMI over 30. And that was after I had already lost around eight pounds. So, it goes without saying I was healthily (or unhealthily) in obese territory and trending upward!
As I look at a Sober September, that voice is already hinting at what we will drink to celebrate sobriety on the first day of October. Talk about a powerful paradox!
I’ve hit 150 days of consecutive mindfulness meditation that has at once helped me to personally overcome marijuana dependence and reduce my alcohol intake substantially by RAINing on my addiction.
. I needed to reframe my relationship with alcohol. But I wasn’t yet sure what that meant. Was that full abstinence? Did I need to start attending AA meetings? Did I need to seek out professional help? Or would I be able to simply drink more responsibly with mindfulness and intention?
Through daily meditation and study, I’ve come to discover that alcohol use disorder (or whatever we choose to call it) is the inevitable outcome of an unhealthy and compulsive desire – an obsession with alcohol. This compulsion to drink all the time is an entrenched habit on autopilot. You continue to seek the reward long after it has vanished. The high is a mirage. You drink just to feel normal.