New Year’s Resolution: How I (Almost) Gave Up Booze In 2018

I’ve never really been a big drinker, so it wasn’t a massive deal for me to give up. For a while I hadn’t really wanted to drink anyway, but if I was at the pub, I’d get one just because everyone else was, rather than because I wanted one. Eventually I thought if I’m not enjoying the drinking part, and I’m also not enjoying the hangover part, what’s the point?

My girlfriend, friends, mum and dad were all really supportive, and without drinking I found that I was dealing with everything a lot better mental health-wise. I didn’t get better, but I wasn’t feeling as bad as often as I was when I was drinking.

At first I didn’t really notice any difference with my physical health, but then I saw some pictures of myself six months prior to quitting and realised I’d lost some weight since then and my skin was so much better.