My Sober Curious Journey in 2020, Day 4

Ok, it’s day 4 so I’m not clapping myself on the back or anything. But I’m still as firm in my resolve to drink less in 2020.

It is definitely changing the way that I think about my social life. Tonight we are hanging out with friends and I have to rethink where we’re going to go. Our clubbing days are long over but we used to love going to a lounge or hotel lobby and having a couple drinks with friends. Or a long dinner with a nightcap. But it’s hard to imaging doing that same cozy activity with a Diet Coke.

I mentioned before that I smoke cannabis. I used to be a daily smoker, not the wake-and-bake type, more of the let’s-have-a-puff-before-bed kind. We are also trying to smoke less weed these days, from our previous 5 days a week to now 2 or 3. It’s another vice to tackle, but hey — one at a time!

Also I feel like of the 2 evils weed is WAY less detrimental to my health. The effects of alcohol are like a hockey stick, I just get drunker and drunker and the farther I am up the graph the more likely I am to continue the trajectory. But with weed — I smoke, I get high, and then it slowly tapers off over a 2 hour period. Even if I try to re-up later, it’s maybe half of the effects of the first joint. And I never get “blackout high” (is that even a thing?) Worst case scenario I might feel too high for 15 minutes and have a little anxiety, especially in a public place, but then it always levels off. Here, I even drew you guys a graph…

So tonight I think I’ll recommend to my friends that we cram around the outdoor fireplace, drown ourselves in blankets and get really high. I guess the question is… then what? Should we go somewhere after — a movie? An art happening? Or will we just end up sitting around the TV and ordering takeout? Could I convince everyone to do something spiritually uplifting like light yoga or a breath work session?

I guess we will see.