Confronting Your Need to Quit Drinking
When you are trying to quit drinking, it can feel like there is never a break from your desire to drink. However, if you are willing to confront your very real need to stop drinking and accept that you do need support. 
Here are a few things that can help you get through the next few months and help you learn how to stop drinking, without having to fret much:
- Don’t Think of Alcohol as A Pleasure
When you are drinking, you tend to have fun, but much of that fun doesn’t actually come from drinking itself. Learn to separate the drinking that you are doing and the fun that you are actually having. If you think of going out to the bar for drinking, you need to realise that you are having fun because you are out with your friends or are dancing, and not because you have been drinking. When you learn to stop thinking of Alcohol as a pleasure and start thinking of it as something that happens alongside the pleasant things in life, you will be looking at it in a much more realistic manner.
- Don’t Worry Too Much About Withdrawal
While a lot of fuss can be kicked up about the way that you will feel when you are going through withdrawal, it will be much worse if you allow the idea of it to take over your mind. Most people find that they are stressed, have a few nights of bad sleep, and feel a bit under the weather for a few days after stopping alcohol. Many people feel worse with a bad flu, but they don’t let the flu keep them from living their life. In this way, you shouldn’t worry too much about the withdrawal period. Choose to focus on the period that comes after your detox.
- Continue Living Your Life
Giving up alcohol can change bits of your life, but your life doesn’t revolve around alcohol. Keep going to the events that you like, hang out with your friends, go to work, do everything that you have done before. You will be surprised with how much more fun it is without alcohol, when you don’t have to worry about feeling hungover the next day, how many drinks you can have before your pass out, or whether or not you are okay to drive. Understanding all of this will ensure that you don’t lose out on anything while you are going through your detox.
- Don’t Worry Too Much About Willpower
Many people realise that quitting alcohol is something that is going to be difficult, causing them to focus too much on willpower. However, with a good program and lots of support in your life, you don’t have to rely on yourself as much. This will actually give you better results in the end than trying to tough it out yourself.
Overall, making a choice to stop drinking doesn’t need to change all that much in your life. You can fight against your demons and still ensure that you keep living your life to the fullest.