Day 1

Day 1 of sobriety has come and gone successfully. I didn't touch the half-full box of wine in my fridge, and also stayed away from binging on food as a replacement.

Things I noticed:

I got a lot done - I took the day off work (to sort of work on myself) and managed to prep some meals, chop and preserve some veggies from our garden, and clean the kitchen thoroughly.

I wanted to do even more - Normally after any work I would plop myself down (early) with a drink and play video games. But I found I started thinking of doing other stuff, like an evening walk. I didn't (because I live in the country and the paths are dark through the woods), but this urge was new for me. If my husband had been home I would have asked him to go with me... maybe tonight.

It was hard for me to go to sleep - I went to be around 10:30pm which is a pretty normal time for me, but I found I wasn't even close to being tired. I'm sure its because I'm so used to drinking until I get sleepy. This one will take some work I think, maybe I need to start reading again before bed. I didn't end up falling asleep until after 1am.

Today I feel surprisingly good and coffee is tasting great this morning.

Lets see how day 2 goes.