Less caffeine, less alcohol, sleep hygiene, less news cycle (I swore I wouldn’t get sucked into the trump bullshit, but when he’s making EOs that directly impact me…).

Moving my caffeine away from my medication (shifting meds 45 min later).

L-theanine, magnesium, B-complex.

Honestly though, caffeine and alcohol are bad. I didn’t have much caffeine, but the alcohol was a bit of a binge habit. None during week, but weekends were well above the national guidelines.

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I spent January dry just to reset and find my normal. It was really nice. I'm back to binge drinking occasionally. I used to really enjoy it but lately it's just making me sad.

I may have to change my name to Texas Mildly Inebriated.

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh man the depression hits so much harder for me after I’ve gone dry for a while.

Depending on your poison, the NA beers are getting pretty decent. Or just soda water, honestly fits the bill for me.

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I get that. I'm actually a bourbon guy. I prefer things with names like Old Tennishoe or The Devil's Scrotum. I can absolutely stop at one or two (I do that pretty regularly) and I can do without. I just really enjoy being hammered. And I enjoy the burn of terrible bourbon. I just don't enjoy this deep sadness lately while I do it.

I won't deny that I'm a problem drinker.

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