 Those of us who try to live a healthful lifestyle have sort of a complicated relationship with alcohol I remember I was in Austin in 2010 and I had a really bad hangover having only drunk a couple glasses of Bombay sapphire gin and tonic my headache was so bad. I said, you know what? I'm gonna see if I can go 30 days without drinking Just to see if I could do it and I did it and at the end of it I'd lost 13 pounds of fat my skin had got better people were saying well Working out and I hadn't been working out, but I actually looked better. I slept better. I had more energy I was more clear in mind and I just said, you know what? I'm just gonna keep on going and I haven't drunk since since 2010 the National Institute of Health said that if you Just have one glass of wine it takes seven to ten days for the toxins from alcohol to leave your body I'm not saying that people have to quit drinking that alcohol is the absolute devil and you should never drink That's not what I'm saying at all Michelle's like What I am saying is You know quit drinking just for 30 days to see how you feel and you'll sleep better You'll have more mental clarity have more energy your relationships will improve You'll be a nicer more Genuine person and then from there after 30 days you can either just stay quit or just reduce your alcohol It's really just so you can explore your relationship with alcohol Get out of your head that I have to drink to be fun and exciting I have to drink to take the edge off. That's you don't need that So what do people do then I mean do you recommend that people quit alcohol cold turkey? I mean, you know as you as you mentioned people do drink to alleviate stress after a long day So what do they replace the alcohol with it's not that you actually want to put alcohol in your body It's just you don't want to be bored anymore. You don't want to be stressed anymore So what I teach is change your state and you can do that with heavy breathing You can do it with a run around the block. You can do it by doing some star jumps You can do it by getting a nice tall glass of water and just drinking a big glass of water A lot of the time three four five minutes later you actually don't want the drink anymore You kind of like calmed yourself down What are some practical tips for how you can be out with friends and socialize and be the abstainer You can trick people if you want like you can order a soda water and put a little piece of Lime there and people will think that you're drinking vodka soda But if you don't want to trick people and you're very honest It's all in the delivery of how you respond. Okay, so what I was saying is I know I quit drinking And they're like what what do you mean you quit drinking? Ah, you know I took a little break and I just felt better without it So I'm I'm good and because I have that attitude of just like it's no big deal No one cares for those of us who have a harder time imagining that What are some ways that you can drink casually that have less of a negative impact So when we drink we get dehydrated and a lot of the feeling from a hangover the next morning Is feeling that that that dehydration so for every alcoholic drink you have have a glass of water And and just keep having the water because a lot of it is just dehydration The other thing is when you have alcohol your body your brain rather gets inflamed as well So anything that's an anti-inflammatory will help you with the hangover the next day Things like blueberries and chia seeds fish oil is really good as a good anti-inflammatory The other thing is you can actually make a plan to get up early in the morning Because when you have something on at seven in the morning like a morning hike with a friend Or a juice or a meeting or something like that then you can say no I'm not drinking tonight Because I got to get up early it forces you not to drink So you're more inclined when you're not hungover to get up and exercise Which makes you focus on the food that you're eating which makes you healthier Which makes you happier which engages more people into your life and just has this spin-off effect