MY FRIST DRINK IN 566 DAYS...

So I drank for the first in a year and a half... by accident. lol. I'll get into how that happened. But for now I'll explain why I stopped drinking and what I've learned.

First of all, no, I was not an alcoholic lol. I rarely go to parties and stuff but any time I would, of course, socially I'd drink and have a good time, or at least try to. There are times in my life where I would not drink because I hadn't been out to a club in like 3 months or whatever. But never in my life had I ever intentionally made a decision to remove alcohol from my life for a period of time. Until I started watching a podcast: The Bedros Keullian show (I think that's how it's spelt). Anyway this guy is an entrepreneur who makes over 200million a year and he does a podcast every Tuesday, standard stuff, anyway moving on. lol.

There was one episode where he spoke about not having drank for two years and recommeneded that everyone tries to not drink for at least a year. Since it was coming up to new years at the time (Was about a month a way) I thought 'you know what, I don't really drink anyway, let me give it a shot'. I was also craving a massive change in my life and fingured this could be the first step to making said change.

So as 2024 began I stopped drinking! Not going to lie at first it was kind fo difficult. Going to motives and being around friends who were drinking etc. It was tough to say 'no' so many times during a night out lol. But having listened to 50cent's book 'Hustle harder, hustle smarter' he talks about not drinking and instead when he goes out he replaces his alcoholic drink with a ginger beer. He looked at it as him being able to have an edge over everyone in the room by staying clear minded, which I also kind of resonated with. This not only served as more motivation, but also gave me a nice little technique to keep going. Anytime I went out I would make sure that I ordered a ginger beer, this would be my drink. And what's crazy is that it worked and sooner or later became normal. I so rarely even think about drinking tbh even when I am out. It became 100x easier to say no. Eventually instead of telling people I wasn't drinking for a year, I just told them I don't drink.

Tip: If you are trying to stop drinking, just tell people you don't drink and they'll stop asking lol.

Skip to the new year of 2025. Within that year I had also made the decision to take my career into my own hands by creating my own movies as a film maker, which is what eventually would lead to my first short film DOGMAN (Tickets for the second screening July 19th Out now btw on the home page). So in a way it worked, not drinking I guess kind of in away helped to change my life Haha. I was just more focused and clear minded through the year I guess. That night I celebrated! I did it! I was going to reward my self with a drink funny enough, but the idea of just continuing not to drink excited me more then just having one for the sake of it. So for another 6 months Alcohol never went passed my lips, until one fateful night in Paris... Of course.

I was at an after party and went to pour myself a juice when my friend suddenly stopped me and said "No! That's punch!". Close call. Then I saw a bottle of Pineapple juice on the side, opened it, poured it into my cup and took a sip... That wasn't pinapple juice. It was punch... At that point I took a moment and considering it was my first ever trip with my friends, fet de la musique was happening, I was like fuck it, may as well drink lol.

Probably had a 3 days bender. In all honesty it felt great just being able to let loose and have fun. After all this was the first time where I had gone aboard and felt like I truly deserved it. Paris was so much fun! It was nice being able to be on the same vibe as my friends, who majority also don't really drink like that, but deffo were for this trip. Though saying that after that little bender I'm so excited to not drink again for at least a good while and it feels good. I'm putting my body through a little cleanse right now, eating better, drinking more water etc. I don't regret it at all though. Deffo glad I made that choice to drink in Paris with my friends and now it's time to get back to the grind and pattern.

Oh, my mum booked a new job yesterday btw. Mad proud of her. She deserves it.