I guess that is how it started for me. Just stop for 30 days. Could I stop for 30 days? What were my plans during those 30 days? What would I have to forgo, what plans might I have to change or what “hard” decisions would I have to make? And then I asked some different questions:

What role does alcohol play in my life? What does it add? How does it help or hinder me from living the life I imagine for myself? Who am I without alcohol in my life?

It wasn’t Dry January or Sober October. I just picked a day - June 15, 2019 to be exact. I decided to stop, to get curious. I would approach this as an experiment. I would approach it like my practice.