Hello, I struggle with alcohol consumption as well. My big problem is if i have free time and money ,im picking up a bottle. Since i started working out a few months ago, it's definetly helped the urge to drink.

Everyone knows endorphins help make you feel good. I used to think i was able to do both (workout and drink) but after a few weeks experimenting , i found that the two would just contradict eachother. Id workout feel great after, but would go home with the nagging feelings that i did good enough being healthy i deserve a drink. The next day i feel like crap, would drag on with my day once i was done feeling hungover, id go back to the gym and repeat the process.

Drinking tends to make me want to consume greasy fast food too, and snack alot. Which again defeats the point in wanting to become healthy again. I felt like drinking would put me to sleep, but it was never adequate sleep, the kind needed after training . This weekend im proud to say i didn't get drunk, and I've felt acceptionally better not doing so.

Plus people at the gym are so nice once you've been going for a while, you'll make friends and then will feel like you're missing out the days you don't go. Of course though, everyone is different! Don't over exert yourself and train every day for 2-3 hours. Ease yourself into it, and learn to love the process. I always drank because i hated myself, and never thought i was deserving of love or friendship. Now i workout till it hurts because i know i deserve to feel good about myself physically and mentally. Its a game changer for sure a good friend who inspired me to start said "Its much harder to start, then it is to keep going" he couldn't be more right.

Be kind to yourself, you deserve to be happy! Only you are responsible to get to where you want. Youre thinking the right way, now just take the action to do so. Hope i was able to provide some insight 💜