You're giving up that ?????

After my first diagnosis, 5 years ago. I made no drastic changes, really. I didn't drink much through treatment, and coffee gave me terrible hot flushes once I was on the Tamoxifen, but otherwise I carried on as normal. Having said that, I had always eaten a pretty clean and simple diet and exercised a lot. Over the last couple of years, my drinking has spiked to a couple of glasses most nights (extra on a Friday), with a few party binges across the course of the year. I absolutely knew that it wasn't a good idea- for anyone, but particularly for someone on hormonal cancer treatment. I had a couple of short breaks earlier this year, including all of January, and tried replacing wine with gin (which I drink quite weak), but it wasn't until my second diagnosis in May that I had an epiphany- time to completely stop. It's not for everyone, I know, but I find that I function much better without the evening drinks and I have already dropped a few kilos. Interestingly and predictably, my pals are struggling a bit with the new me- there's a lot of gentle pressure to drink socially, isn't there? Like you, @kmakm  I don't really miss it. In a way, my mets diagnosis has given me the courage to give up alcohol and because everyone is so supportive, the pressure I otherwise would be under (to have a drink with the gang/let my hair down) is much reduced. I am the now the designated driver, and my friends are designing mocktails for me wherever we go. :) Oh- and my husband has gone teetotal in solidarity, although I don't expect that to last!