Jumpin' on the Rehab Train

Well, since every celebrity under the sun is going to rehab these days I figured I might as well try it out. Sort of. Actually, I'm just giving up alcohol for 40 days...and then I'll start drinking again. "Why?" you may ask. Well, today is Ash Wednesday and the season of sacrifice is upon us. Lent=No Alcohol for me.

I wouldn't say that I drink in excess or anything; but I do enjoy an adult beverage here and there. I can be found relaxing on my couch with a nice cold beer, or cool glass of chardonnay, or out on the town with a flask of vodka in my purse (okay, not entirely true...but it did happen once or twice). Anyhoo, as a college student most social events involve alcohol and I'm always up for a challenge so I want to see if I can make it 40 days without consuming a single drop. I gave it up for lent 2 years ago and made it about 36 days. Close, but no cigar. Then last year I was living in Wales and not drinking while in the UK is basically a sin. They would've had me committed probably. So I gave up potato chips (crisps if your British). In the past I've given up caffeine, soda, Mountain Dew (I was addicted in high school), candy, and the probably something like giving up hitting my sister when I was little...which I'm sure I broke around week one.

I'm thinking of this as a cleanse for the body, mind and spirit (punny if you think of it in the Trinity sense for any Catholics out there.) But seriously, my body is cleansed of the alcohol which is a poison that I willingly consume, my mind has clarity without the fuzziness of alcohol, and my spirits will be lifted from knowing that I am strong enough to resist the temptation of the forbidden fruit (literally, I like hard cider and that is made from apples.)

So what are you giving up for lent? Anything you feel you can't live without? Come on this journey through the next six weeks and test yourself. Come on, what's your guilty pleasure?