The Challenge of Quitting Drinking Alcohol

Zig Ziglar, an inspiring motivational speaker, said that "We only expand by demand", meaning if there is no pressure to change you will not change, you will not grow, you will not expand.

That pressure can come in many different guises. It can be a health scare causing you to second-guess some of the things that you're doing in your life. The pressure could come from somebody close to you who realises, often a long time before you do, that you need to change. It can come from something very simple. An innocuous event that means very little in the grand scheme of things, but belts you so hard in the gut that you have no choice but to take notice.

My health was suffering before I stopped drinking, but I didn't realise because alcohol caused health complaints happen over a long period of time… It's hard to take notice.

Unless you get a "no ifs and no buts" ultimatum laid on the line by your doctor, telling you of an immediate necessity to change, health-related problems can take a long time to show their faces.

For me, it was that single solitary punch in the gut moment that caused everything to change. It was that moment, when I saw my son walking up and down the beach, looking for his lost iPhone, that I saw the need to expand… The demand to expand…

That's just one of the challenges of changing yourself enough that you quit drinking and never go back to that lifestyle.

There are many challenges, but if you are not challenged, you're not changing. I hope you enjoy the video.

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