I came across an article from the British Liver Trust entitled ‘Louisa Fryer – Give up alcohol for a year‘. I’ve come across a lot of articles like this before and although this article was very short, it seemed to hit home with a lot of things with me.

I have been thinking more and more about giving up drinking for good recently. It’s not uncommon for people from the UK to get drunk at least twice a week. A recent campaign had the tagline ‘It’s not that we’re drinking, it’s how we’re drinking’. Never a truer line has been said.

First of all, let me establish that I’m not an alcoholic, however I have been concerned more and more about the things in my life which are being affected by drinking. For example, I train 3-4 times a week In Taekwondo and go to the gym a few times too. Whilst I would like to train at the weekend, I simply can’t because I’m hungover from the night before!! Another reason I’m considering giving up drinking is the fact I’m gonna bored with it – I mean, I’m 28. Getting drunk at the weekend is what I’ve done since I became an adult!!

However, the biggest reason I think I should give it up is because I don’t know how to drink responsibly. Binge drinking is all I know, sad but true!!!

What do you do?

Louisa also brought up one of the most important questions that arises when someone thinks about giving up drinking. What do you do?

What does a non-drinker who goes out socially think? What is their mindset, how do they do it? I am about to find out.

Am I strong enough to go out socially every weekend without drinking? I’d like to think that I am but time will tell.

Could you give up drinking for a year?

You can check out Louisa’s progress here.

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