Nobody told Peggy and me to quit drinking.
There was no intervention.
No rock bottom.
No solemn New Year’s resolution.
I liked a scotch.
Peggy enjoyed a glass of wine.
Nothing particularly dramatic about any of it.
And then one day, we realized something.
We didn’t drink anymore.
Neither one of us could really say when we’d stopped.
It just sort of happened.
I Find That Fascinating
Over the years, a lot of things changed in our lives.
We started moving more.
We changed how we ate.
We walked.
We taught.
We started paying more attention to sleep.
RiversZen became a huge part of our lives.
And somewhere in there, alcohol gradually disappeared.
Not because we’d decided it was forbidden.
We simply stopped wanting it.
I wish I could give you a more exciting story.
There wasn’t one.
I didn’t pour my final bottle of scotch dramatically into the Columbia River while Peggy played inspirational music in the background. 😂
I just stopped buying it.
I Don’t Know Why
This is where I want to be careful.
A few months ago I woul…
