Tag: moderation

A Hundred Days with No Elephants

I’m on day 100. A hundred days without alcohol. When I set out, this milestone would have been super-duper proud enoughness.  Goal complete. So, I *could* resume drinking at this point…
But why would I *want* to?

The Grey Area of Alcohol Use

Alcohol in moderation. The most socially-accepted drug ever.

There is a true stigma associated with being an “alcoholic”, yet consuming alcohol under the vague external metrics of “moderation” is ultra-approved of… if not literally expected.

Giving Up Yet One More Thing

Despite all my progress and improvements into lower levels of “successful moderation”, it was still to much. My body has continued to tell me so. But when you have already given up so many mainstream things, how do you give up another big one?

Face the Realities

When it comes to addictions, there seems to be no “moderation” that is also at peace.

Drowning in Rules

The Perfectionistic Dark Side of Experimenting For Your Health: When you use all that awesome health knowledge to beat yourself up.