Quit Alcohol For 30 Days And Expect THIS

Are you thinking about taking a break from alcohol or quitting altogether ? Well , if so , the first 30 days are absolutely crucial , and what happens might surprise you .

From battling your final hangover to experiencing sweeping improvements in your health , each day will bring about its own set of challenges and rewards , and if you're curious about what to expect and how your body heals , stay tuned , because understanding these changes could be the key to making your sobriety clear .

And so a very quick introduction I'm Leon Sylvester , the founder of SoberClearcom , and we use first principles , thinking and a future-focused coaching approach to help business owners and professionals take back control of their drinking within as little as 48 hours .

I myself drank alcohol for close to a decade , but for the past six years I've not touched a drop and , most importantly , I have no desire and I've not gone to AA or use willpower or therapist or medication .

No , I've done it a completely different way , and if you go to soberclearcom , you can learn more about how I actually work with people and help them achieve a similar transformation .

Now , if you want to actually book a call , just click the link in the description and you and I can jump on a quick call and really see if my method could be a good match for you . It's a totally free call and on that call we'll dive into your unique situation and I'll really explain a roadmap for you to follow to take back control of your drinking .

And then you can either follow that roadmap on your own or you and I can do it together . So if you want to jump on one of those free calls , click the link down below , book a call and if you want more information , just go to SoberClearcom .

So let's start at the first 12 hours from the last drink , which is where you're metabolising the ethanol out of your system . Alcohol levels in your blood will peak around 60-90 minutes from your last drink . From that point on , they will decline at a steady , linear pace .

Exactly how fast will depend on factors like your size , how much you've had to eat , your tolerance and so on . But for a man of average size , a ballpark figure is that you'll metabolise about one drink per hour , meaning about 10-12 hours at the most , the booze will be out of your system . There's nothing that you can do to speed up this process .

Things like taking a cold shower or drinking lots of coffee will not make the slightest difference . So just when you've metabolised all the alcohol out of your system is when you can expect your final hangover , basically a headache from hell that just won't go away , regardless of how many painkillers that you pop .

Tiredness , weakness , dry mouth and a feeling of severe dehydration will still be there . And there is no treatment for the hangover , just like there's no convincing explanation for what causes a hangover in the first place .

Sadly , you will just have to wait it out , but it should last no more than a few hours , at most 20 hours after your last drink , it will have resolved and the worst is now behind you .

So , having said all of that , things will probably continue to be bad for a few days before it makes a turnaround and things start getting better , and the two main areas that are likely to be the toughest are A your sleep and B the cravings .

So , with regards to sleep , there is massive variation from one person to the other Really heavy drinkers , for example , those who detoxify as part of an inpatient program are likely to have sleep disturbance for sometimes even months on end . If you're like most , however , you'll probably experience significant sleep problems for around a week after your last drink .

You will probably take longer to fall asleep and when you do , your sleep patterns will be more shallow , leading to more frequent awakenings throughout the night .

This is only to be expected , as your brain's neurotransmitter systems are basically just adjusting to the new alcohol-free reality and , as unpleasant as it might be , it's important to embrace it for what it really is it's a part of the healing process . Supplements like melatonin and herbs like valerian root could possibly help .

See , these don't have addictive potential and they might really just help you pull through the first few days . A couple of days after your last drink , you can also start to experience your first cravings Again . Just like with the sleep , the intensity and duration of cravings will be completely different from one person to the next .

For most , the cravings will be at their most severe for the first week . Others , especially those that are using just pure willpower and gritting through it , might go on to deal with cravings for weeks , months , sometimes even years , and this is why it's so important to attack the root cause of your drinking .

This is something that my New Method does and the Sober Clear program does , and I've actually put together a free video training that will show you how to eliminate drinking without cravings . So if you click the link down below , you can access a free video training that I don't publish anywhere else . Just put in your name and email address .

You definitely want to check that out after watching this . So what about day 15 ? Well , elevated blood pressure , also called hypertension , is universal amongst almost all heavy drinkers .

See , alcohol raises blood pressure , both directly through its toxic effects on the cardiovascular system , as well as indirectly , via things like excess calories , weight gain and a generally unhealthy lifestyle .

Though it has no symptoms , hypertension is very dangerous as it can lead to stroke , heart attack , heart failure and bring about complications in multiple organs , including the eyes , kidneys and genitals . Remarkably , after only two weeks of abstinence , your hypertension will have actually reversed .

You can see in this graph how the systolic and diastolic blood pressure evolved in a heavy group of drinkers who stopped . The black symbols are for the group who stopped drinking and the white ones for a control group who kept on drinking .

You see here how the white line stays more or less flat for those who keep drinking , but the abstainers' blood pressure starts dropping very fast , even 2 or three days after their last drink , and by day 15 , it had normalized for over 90% of abstainers , dropping to or even below 140 over 90 milliliters of mercury .

In general , the higher the blood pressure of the study participants at the start , the more it dropped . Personally , I never cease to be amazed at our body's incredible ability to heal itself , even after endless years of abuse . The only thing it needs is that we give it the chance to do so . Next let's look at day 20 .

Now , at around the day 20 mark , your liver the organ to arguably suffer the most from drinking will have made a nearly miraculous recovery . You see , before it reaches the point of alcoholic hepatitis or cirrhosis , the liver of almost all drinkers will spend years in an intermediate state called fatty liver .

The cells swell up with fat and the liver as a whole balloons in size . You can literally see how fat it's become with a simple ultrasound scan . Now , after only 20 days of abstinence , this fatty liver that might have persisted for years will usually have fully resolved At this point .

Liver biopsies will also appear normal under a microscope , by the end of the month , your liver fat will have probably fallen around 15% . For some , this can be as high as 20% . If you take a lab test at this time , they will also corroborate these macroscopic changes .

You see , when the liver is bloated , it leaks enzymes like ALT , ast and GGT into the bloodstream . Elevated levels of these enzymes are actually one of the tests that a doctor will use to determine if you have a fatty liver . At around 20-30 days after your last drink , these enzymes will have reduced by up to 15 or even 30% .

Years of drinking will have also damaged your bones , often to the point of reducing their density and leaving them more prone to fractures . After only three weeks of abstinence , certain markers of bone formation will have already rebounded to such an extent that they will now resemble those of non-drinkers .

This means that your risk of fractures has already started to decline and your bones are well on their way to a complete recovery . By the three week mark , your gut will have also made a dramatic recovery . You see , after it goes down our mouth and through the oesophagus , alcohol will then make its first major stop at the stomach and small intestines .

Whilst there , it basically wrecks havoc on the countless microorganisms that collectively make up the so-called gut microflora , which is absolutely critical to healthy digestion . Ethanol also compromises the structural integrity of the gut barrier , allowing all sorts of pathogens to leak into the bloodstream .

The good news is that the recovery takes place just as fast here as it does in the liver . At the 3 week mark , your gut will have completely recovered its structural integrity . Your gut microflora will have also started to recover , but only partially at this point . And now , finally , let's look at Day 30 .

By the end of the month , you will pretty much be a different person . For starters , your blood sugar levels will have plummeted . One study with social drinkers found a whopping average drop of 23% in just over a month . This was enough to bring their blood sugar levels from the red into the healthy range . And why exactly is this so important ?

Well , keeping your blood sugar under control will help you avoid conditions like insulin resistance , type 2 diabetes , cardiovascular disease , nerve damage , kidney damage , eye problems , impaired immune function , and the list goes on . It's pretty damn important . Your total blood cholesterol , another risk factor for heart disease , will also drop by 5% .

Your sleep , which , as we saw , will probably suffer during the first few days will have also rebounded dramatically . At this point , your ability to concentrate will also have improved and you will feel an abundance of newfound energy . One study that used social drinkers who recorded their energy levels before and after found a roughly 10% increase in wakefulness .

At this point , the changes will not be limited to health metrics , but will extend to various aspects of your

life . Roughly one out of two participants of one-month abstinence programs like Dry January report that they started engaging in more physical activity and improved their diet . Predictably , these people are also likely to lose weight , typically between one to two kilos , and you can't really expect a different outcome .

On the one hand , you have less incoming energy as you cut out the endless dead calories from booze and improve your diet , and , on the other hand , you have higher energy expenditure as your metabolism improves and you start to become more active .

The improvements in your diet and gut function mean that , by this point , the levels of various vitamins and minerals in which you were deficient notably theamine , folic acid and B12 , will have also started to rebound . When you take all these changes to your health and consider them as a whole , the picture is truly astounding .

In the words of one medical professional quote if someone had a health product that did all that in one month , they would be raking it in and , thankfully , achieving this transformation is totally free . Thanks for checking out the Stop Drinking Podcast by Sober Clear .

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