NO ALCOHOL ?

WHY HAVE I DECIDED TO NOT CONSUME ALCOHOL?

Well, there are couple of reasons, which started this whole thing, but also I want to stress out that I don't have problem with alcohol and I never had, this decision came to me slowly.

Two of my close friends have individually came to me and said "I'm quitting drinking/I can't drink alcohol anymore". They both had very good reasons to do so and still have them and as a good friend my conscious worked its way in my head and I stopped drinking alcohol too. It went smooth, in restaurants I ordered water or lemonade instead of beer, I don't really go clubbing or hit bars every weekend, so it was all very smooth and easy for me even without me realising. And then on one autumn day I realised that I haven't had a beer (which is my go to drink, because I am proud Czech) in a very long time, like almost 2 months or even more. Along all this realisation, I knew I want to be putting only the best foods and nutrients in my body and that meant, I no longer want to drink hard alcohol or any alcohol. It is a drug, no matter what and I don't do drugs, my dear internet friends. I do not do drugs. (the only drugs I do is chocolate, deep fried cheese and cronuts).

Let me tell you that I didn't have any needs to go and get wasted and I don't even want to. Did you know that it takes 3 weeks after getting drunk for your body to recover to its original state? Huh, WHAT? I am not making this up, it's a pure science.
Your body has to work through psychological, physiological processes and by consuming alcohol it takes much longer time than normal would. So drowning down in a bottle of wine just because someone rejected you or you had a shitty day at work is not ideal, trust me. You better let your mind flow in its own way.
Alcohol also has a huge impact on quality of your sleep and when it comes to sleep I get very serious. I need my sleep so so much. I wake up 5 times a week at 5am for a swim training, so the quality and length of sleep for me and the ability to work through every day, is crucial.
So all in all, as an athlete who loves to do, what she does, I don't really need alcohol to be part of my life and diet.

So now if I want to have beer, I go for non alcoholic and I am fine. And if you want to feel that "buzz", which you get after few drinks, don't worry you can get buzzed very easily from the people around you and the next morning you won't be waking up with a hangover. Also, you can thank me later. Anything can change in a week, month or a year, but I find myself absolutely fine without consuming any alcohol.



But the most beautiful thing is that YOU are charge of your life and I am in charge of MY LIFE. You can do whatever you want and I can do whatever I want.