In an attempt to be a bit healthier, I’ve been trying to go alcohol-free during the week. I don’t always succeed but when I have had several alcohol-free days running I feel my face looks a lot clearer, although I do find it harder to sleep (perhaps my mind gets numbed after a few red wines, allowing me to switch off more easily when my head hits the pillow).
But, what I have noticed is that – as a result of these alcohol-free days – I am behaving a bit like a 20yr old who binge drinks while out clubbing on weekends. Obviously I don’t go clubbing and I am slightly more than double that age, but still… I find that I drink more than I should now on a Friday and Saturday night. Perhaps forbidding it during the week is akin to strict dieting (and yet another manifestation of my black/white thinking!)… going without something makes it far more exciting!
Friday night wasn’t TOO bad, but last night, I had already had many red wines when I decided to open a new bootle. It was about 11pm and I was (re) watching episodes of one of my favourite TV series, The West Wing. Of course (having watched 4 episodes straight – interrupted briefly so I could perve at Richard Armitage in Spooks) I should have turned the television off and gone to bed. But no, I was on a roll; talking myself into more wine and Aaron Sorkin cleverness.
I’d like to think I will remember this for next time. But I know I won’t. A similar thing happened just a few weekends ago. And probably a few weekends before that. Perhaps I need to do a longer stint alcohol-free, rather than just cutting back on ‘school nights’. Even if I haven’t got my dieting or calorie counting under control, I’m not wasting empty calories on alcohol, it isn’t weakening my resolve, and I don’t have any morning-after-the-night-before issues.
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