i’m embarking on a minor physiological test of myself. i’m abstaining from alcohol* for at least six** days.
notes so far: it was hard to fall asleep and stay asleep last night; some of that was due to the fact that Merle has a tiny bladder and we need to be more diligent about letting her out as frequently as possible. i’ll keep the medical statistics private (weight change, resting heart rate, affects on bodily functions), but have started a journal for future reference.
as matt says, “you gotta ring out the bar rag every once in a while.”
if all goes as planned, in a couple of days i think i’ll try a 2-day juice fast; might as well reset as many organs as i can!
*i’m still going to drink my daily bottle of kombucha, in which the percent of alcohol is less than that of cough medicine.
**we’ll see how i feel on sunday. it’s entirely possible that i won’t want a bloody mary with brunch!