I haven't had alcohol in a month!

and this is what I've learned from it.

What started as just needing a break from the holiday drinking, turned into a month long pause on alcohol. An unintentional dry January, if you will. December felt like a sprint for me with so many social plans, that by December 28th, I couldn’t do it anymore. I hard passed on alcohol through New Years, and haven’t really looked back, needed it or wanted it, as much as I thought I might.

the dirty martini at Summit House in Summit, NJ on our 3rd anniversary

I can’t say I have ever felt like I needed to stop drinking because it was becoming an issue, and I can’t say I have ever had a particularly poor relationship with alcohol. I already only drank a couple times a month, only socially, and never past 3 drinks. But, with anyone like my personality, the more I do something, the more I want it. My brothers and I have recognized that addictive personalities run in our family and we know that too much of anything is not really a good thing.