Hi!  I’m Judy Winans.  And I am 5 months into living an Alcohol Free life.  And although that may not seem like a long time to some, for me it feels like a lifetime.  Because I never thought I could do it. So I want to share with you a bit about the day that I decided it was time.

It was a Thursday, and I was on my way home from another alcohol fueled lunch.  I drank probably close to a bottle of wine, and I can’t remember, but there may have been a tequila shot or two thrown in.  I had told myself that I would go home and take a quick nap before I set out to accomplish the other things I was supposed to get done that day.  And of course, yet again, I knew I was not going to be productive.  I knew I was going to go home and take a “quick nap”.  And then that nap would extend into the evening, and then I would just say “screw it”.  I will get all of my “stuff” done tomorrow.  And as I was driving home that day, under the influence mind you, something clicked in my head and I said “I’m done.  I can’t do this another day.  I’m tired.  I’m messed up.  I’m confused. I feel, and look, like crap”.  My skin was horrible.  My face was red.  I always had pimples on my nose, and my forehead was perpetually broken out, with dry flakes of skin-which I blamed on the fact that I have bangs.  I was bloated.  I had digestive issues.  I was starting to really get worried about my health.  I also couldn’t stand the taste I would get in my mouth that wouldn’t go away-even after I brushed my teeth.  And if it was especially bad the next day-that’s how I knew I had really over indulged.

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