My biggest takeaway is that I’m realizing my purpose has always been here and I excel at it. I don’t need my name on a marquis on Broadway to live a big life. What I’ve always wanted is right here. I’ve got the Premium Upgrade. I need these reminders to keep me here. I’ve been struggling with what’s next? I need to embrace that is enough, this moment. This day. This simple life is premium. I’ve been striving to meet some ubiquitous expectations of how things “should” be when how they are is all I need today. I’m grateful to be a part of this journey, this group on a path to awareness. It’s a feckin miracle ladies! K.H. I find the explanation of what happens in the brain with alcohol (dopamine hit) followed by the low and the attempt to balance again (adrenaline and cortisol) very disturbing. I read Annie Grace and all these physical consequences she refers to with all her research and it made me really think about what I was doing to myself. Also, the fact that it remains in the body from 7 to 10 days, is incredible. Being someone who struggles with anxiety and depression, I think the hope of feeling better and calmer was a great incentive to stop drinking, yet I now know alcohol increases anxiety. That for me was another discovery I found shocking. I thought it helped calm me down so I could function better. And yes, I did buy into all the sophistication bullshit at the beginning of my drinking but when it got so bad and I decided I had to stop, I realized to what degree I was self- medicating and using alcohol as a coping mechanism for EVERYTHING in my life. -A.C.-
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