Dr_Cupcake wrote:
I think athletes and especially endurance athletes tend to have addictive or at least habitual personalities that bleed into many other aspects of their lives outside of their sport. We bring our bodies to the extreme, and then some people use what they can to relax/rest to the extreme. Or we get so good at forming habits with our workouts that we form habits, for better or worse, with everything else (I'll tell you about my Honey Nut Cheerios obsession when we do a Dry Cereal Month...)
This is definitely true for me. I established the habit of having a couple of beers before dinner, relaxing at the kitchen table with my wife while she enjoyed a glass of vino. Now it feels totally weird not have a beer in front of me at that time. If I can get through that pre-dinner period, then I don't even think about it.
Currently 2/2 on no alcohol (started on Weds).
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