More Benefits of Giving Up Alcohol

Alcohol remains a large part of Australia’s culture. It is seen as normal practice to go out, consume in excess and repeat. People that are vulnerable to the negative effects of alcohol become exposed. It is important that there is a push back against the drinking culture in so far as to present the arguments and benefits of giving up alcohol and being a non-drinker.

Here is a list of some of the things that will benefit you should you wish to give up alcohol for good.

Embarrassment

Since you’re not going out and getting drunk, you’re not putting yourself in situations where you could embarrass yourself by falling down or vomiting publically. People have an alcohol induced confidence that increases the likelihood of doing something totally moronic, that could actually end up killing you. Think drink driving. The alcohol stories of shame and regret will be completely over.

Leaving Your Car for Pickup the Next Day

That story of having to leave your car parked somewhere far overnight because you drank too much is over. You’ll never have to go pick up your car again the following day when you’re a non drinker. You’ll be getting paid by your friends to drive them home instead. You will potentially have to fear them vomiting in your car though.

Role Model Status

When you quit drinking, you’ll actually become a role model to friends and family who are also considering the move. Once you shine as a non-drinker, they’ll be forced to reflect on their own behaviour. Often this is done unconsciously. In any case, it will be a major benefit to them to see someone like yourself make the move and reap the rewards.

If you’re a parent, children model your behaviour to some degree. If you don’t drink, studies will show that it increases the likelihood that their kids also don’t. Most parents when answered honestly, don’t want their kids drinking alcohol at all.

Relationship Opportunities

When you quit alcohol, your relationship with your partner will either change in a positive or negative way. It very rarely stays the same because it can’t. If you have found yourself in an abusive relationship, it gives you the opportunity to get out. This is especially the case if the relationship was the driving force behind drinking. Leaving an abusive or alcohol saturated relationship gives you the opportunity to improve your life 10 fold. THe hard part is the process and the emotional toll that it can bring.

But quitting can also encourage your partner to stop. Or to be proud of you. There are numerous reports online of relationships improve dramatically once the alcohol consumption ends.

Opportunities for Happiness

Alcohol is a depressant and many people drink to get a short term up kick in their emotional state. OVer time this diminishes and increases your chances of prolonged periods of depression and anxiety. After you’ve quit for some time, studies have shown that you less likely to suffer from those things. Quitting gives you the opportunity to feel better and happier with yourself. Positive progress in any endeavour usually breeds happiness.

Hangovers

Is there anything worse than waking up with a painful head, and nausea, facing the inner workings of a toilet bowl. The alcoholic ridden smell combined with natural smells of the toilet bowl is bad enough. Hangover as you age, get worse. Most people question their choice to drink during the hangover, but this practice is seemingly forgotten by man as soon as recovery really starts to kick in. Once you quit alcohol for good, you never have to have another hangover again. You have energy. You have wellness. Minus general sickness, every day of the year.

Energy

Related to the fact that you’ll never have another hangover again, you have energy within hours of quitting. Energy that makes you feel good. Increased energy that will help get you to the gym, or to go for a walk or to play with your children or pets. The general haze and tiredness will slowly evaporate as time passes. Saturday and Sunday mornings could actually be filled with beneficial activities that enhance your life, as opposed to literally facing a toilet bowl.

When you quit, people are likely to comment that you look younger and better looking. You only have to google before and after photographs to notice the difference in people who have stopped completely.

Money

Your finances will dramatically improve because you’re not donking money away at the bottle shop on the way home from work. Alcohol is expensive. The government adds their taxes and companies know they can enslave a generation with whatever prices they slap onto their alcohol products. The minute you quit drinking is the minute you start saving bank. Money they can enhance your life right now and well into the future. Overseas holidays can become a possibility again. New cars or beach houses are possibilities. You can pay off debt sooner. Not only do you save money on alcohol itself, but everything related to it. You don’t have to pay for taxis to get you home, or the excess food that you eat when you’re drunk.