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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bed Wetter" data-source="post: 279799" data-attributes="member: 428">Ok, time to over-share with you goobers s’more.Taking a break from booze is a start. A good start. A GREAT start. Part of my hiatus from booze was that I’d recognized my output was directly tied to my input. Garbage in, garbage out. Food, drink, sleep, media, everything. I don’t just mean physically.When I quit dulling my senses with booze and making an effort to eat reasonably well and exercise, I began to become reacquainted with other areas of my... existence. My brain started functioning better than it had in a long time, maybe ever. It’s amazing how much of your attitude and personality and ability are biological and driven by your eating, drinking, sleeping, and activity. It didn’t make me smarter, it made me more aware. Aware that I’d allowed my mental acuity to atrophy. Aware that I need to actively work towards improving things, not just skate. Aware that my feelings aren’t really important. Aware that I’m a bit of a douche canoe. Aware that I need to take myself more seriously because a lot of things depend on it.I think an unconscious fear of self awareness pushes a lot (most?) people to keep drinking/drugging, even though most probably don’t realize it. Self awareness and honest self assessment is scary and uncomfortable. You’re medicating, numbing yourself from yourself. If you’re really afraid of being honest about who you are, alcohol will protect you from that. I suspect most regular drinkers have no clue this is going on because you may not be doing it intentionally. But don’t deceive yourself: you’re dulling your consciousness. Maybe we’ll dive further down this rabbit hole another time.If you’re able to quit drinking, do it. Not drinking is a super power. Use it.“I wish I could go back 20 years and do more with my kids and go more places and save more money and not drink so much and save my marriage and spend more time with my parents and...” That starts now. Whatever you’re capable of doing right now to prevent future regret, you can do that right now! Imagine you had a time machine and had one chance to go back in time to do it right. Well, you do. Do it right RIGHT NOW for the ‘you’ that will look back in 20 years. Or you could just spend the next 20 years drinking beer and being a putz. I’m sure you’ll be real popular with the guys on the internet. Taking a break from booze is a start. A good start. A GREAT start.</blockquote>

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