my month of austerity

What I Learned From "My Month of Austerity"

Submitted by RA on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 23:58

So that's it. My 31 days of self-deprivation have passed. After my early withdrawals and later bouts of craving for caffeine and (less so) alcohol, the giving-up didn't seem so hard. I managed to reason away the never-distant cravings, but what really helped was that I realised that I actually quite like the sense of equilibrium that my period of "drying out" has brought me.

More Austere Than "My Month of Austerity"

Submitted by RA on Fri, 01/20/2012 - 23:31

So I passed the half-way mark of my "month of austerity" sans alcohol, caffeine, and sugar with flying colours so to speak. Haven't caved in to temptation, although I must confess whenever a cloud of fresh brewed coffee wafts through the house, I start fantasising about when my month of austerity ends.

Having got passed the initial intense withdrawal effects, it's now just a matter of not giving up on my initial resolution out of boredom or a premature sense of achievement.

My Month of Austerity 1: Out With the Caffeine, Booze, and Sugar

Submitted by RA on Tue, 01/10/2012 - 22:50

I'm not one for New Year's resolution, but for some time I've been thinking about what it would be like to cut off my daily dose of stimulants and intoxicants i.e. caffeine, booze, and sugar.

I've been consuming these, in various shapes and forms, on a daily basis for most of my adult life (and - booze excepted - in smaller quantities for most of my life).

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