Comments on: Challenge Accepted! 30 Days Without Booze https://flowingzen.com/30-days-without-booze/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=30-days-without-booze Qigong and Tai Chi with Sifu Anthony Tue, 19 Sep 2023 22:14:18 +0000 hourly 1 By: Lex https://flowingzen.com/30-days-without-booze/#comment-92960 Tue, 20 Jun 2023 10:07:06 +0000 https://flowingzen.com/?p=21579#comment-92960 I’ve never had any trouble with alcohol — sober life is surprisingly easy when you get headache both WHEN and AFTER you drink. Still, I can’t help but second Kevin Curtin on non-alcoholic beer. It’s taste and refreshing qualities with alcohol literally vaporized out. Sadly, they call it not masculine enough, with all those jokes about first step to an artificial woman and so on. Still it won’t stop me (and my friends) from enjoying a can of Bud Zero on a hot summer day after a workout; and it’s not like Real Bead Drinkers are exactly Conans and Rambos.

]]> By: Nicole https://flowingzen.com/30-days-without-booze/#comment-79939 Sat, 28 Aug 2021 16:00:40 +0000 https://flowingzen.com/?p=21579#comment-79939 Beautiful, Dorrie. Thank you.

]]> By: Siobhàn https://flowingzen.com/30-days-without-booze/#comment-73545 Thu, 01 Oct 2020 19:49:58 +0000 https://flowingzen.com/?p=21579#comment-73545 Hi Sifu,
Thanks for sharing your uphill battle with alcohol! It is refreshing when someone not only names his/her addiction but also leads the way to recovery too with personal input based on experience, suggestions and most importantly *a plan!
I drink moderately but have had many a day of over consumption! I always felt rotten afterwards but I needed the crutch when I was younger and in a way still do! On a Saturday night it was, well, a way of life and still is in Ireland and I think everywhere now! Don’t get me wrong, I had a whale of a time too and to turn back the clock, I still would not change a thing!
It is not a problem now so I have decided to give up all things *sugary! I have a very sweet tooth and it is going to be very, very hard! As I don’t socialise much now, giving up alcohol would be too easy for me! Ask me again at Xmas time!
I would like to say finally that the label *alcoholic is there for a reason! All addictions and I have more than one are very tough to recover from and some people sadly do not! They are not selfish or weak but are enduring their cross with all of their strength. To walk a mile in another’s ones shoes clearly would help those lacking in understanding and patience!
I have been ranting on so I will leave it there! Thanks for your continued support and a brilliant qigong course!
Cheers, no pun intended, Siobhan in Ireland (South)😇

]]> By: Luisa Betancur https://flowingzen.com/30-days-without-booze/#comment-73522 Wed, 30 Sep 2020 23:03:48 +0000 https://flowingzen.com/?p=21579#comment-73522 Hello Sifu Anthony
I´m clearly sober, in fact, I can say I drink once or twice per year as much, but I will send this to my father who really needs it and will follow your program anyway because I think this will work with others behaviors that we might want to get rid of.
Thank you so much

]]> By: Laura Jane https://flowingzen.com/30-days-without-booze/#comment-73521 Wed, 30 Sep 2020 21:23:47 +0000 https://flowingzen.com/?p=21579#comment-73521 In reply to Dorrie Emmel.

Agreed, Dorrie. And it’s actually quite liberating to be the first one on the dance floor (or whatever) and be completely sober. It’s like going to a restaurant or the movies by yourself. Who cares what other people think?!

]]> By: Laura Jane https://flowingzen.com/30-days-without-booze/#comment-73520 Wed, 30 Sep 2020 21:20:38 +0000 https://flowingzen.com/?p=21579#comment-73520 One thing I have found is that sometimes I crave alcohol because I am hungry, ie, the sugar. I used to walk from work to the subway, and it was easy to veer off and take a stop at the bar I frequented. My friends and I always had a good time there, the drinks were amazing, they had the best fries I’ve ever tasted and OMG their burgers, we had a great relationship with the bartender, and so many other things. All the pieces were in place to make me want to return again and again (except maybe the prices; at one point they upped the martinis to $20 a pop!). Then one day I realized I didn’t actually want a drink. I really just needed some food. That was a lightbulb moment for me.

]]> By: Sifu Anthony Korahais https://flowingzen.com/30-days-without-booze/#comment-73519 Wed, 30 Sep 2020 20:41:51 +0000 https://flowingzen.com/?p=21579#comment-73519 In reply to Andraya S.

Good for you, Andraya!

]]> By: Sifu Anthony Korahais https://flowingzen.com/30-days-without-booze/#comment-73518 Wed, 30 Sep 2020 20:41:11 +0000 https://flowingzen.com/?p=21579#comment-73518 In reply to Alex.

The funny thing is, my Greek father doesn’t even drink coffee!

]]> By: Phil https://flowingzen.com/30-days-without-booze/#comment-73517 Wed, 30 Sep 2020 19:46:28 +0000 https://flowingzen.com/?p=21579#comment-73517 A very timely post – as always. I was 70% committed, and now I’m going for it! Thanks so much bfor sharing with us 🙂

]]> By: Alex https://flowingzen.com/30-days-without-booze/#comment-73512 Wed, 30 Sep 2020 17:23:19 +0000 https://flowingzen.com/?p=21579#comment-73512 In reply to Sifu Anthony Korahais.

Dear Sifu Anthony,
How can we deprive a Greek and an Italian of their coffee?
As you know dear Sifu, in Italy it’s a way of life! 🙂

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