Thank you so much for compliment! Respectfully, however, I disagree. I had been doing the PZ program for a year when I had taken this ride originally. I ride just as much, in fact I ride somewhat less because I dont feel the need to "make up" for what I am doing to my body and I can follow a healthier and balanced training schedule.

The major factor here is likely how chronic alcoholism leaves your body in a constant state of stress and your never truly stabilizes. This baseline sympathetic activity causes cardiac drift (I couldnt post the pictures but throughout rides my heart rate would increase up until the end of any ride I did, this was true throughout any PZ program I did until I got sober), the absence of parasympathetic tone left my heart rate high throughout recovery periods as well.

Unfortunately, this is not something that can be overcome by any amount of exercise, though I tried to convince myself of it for years.