I started to feel the superpower of saying "No." I am alcohol-free for 8 months. For the first few weeks or months, I was struggling with saying No from the inside. I felt uncomfortable. I wanted to say yes. People asked me to drink with them for good. They wanted to have good time with me. So did I.

Recently, the feeling has shifted. I felt calm. "I do not drink.", "I quit." - I answered. Felt good.

The mind makes up reasons. So whatever I do, eight drink or not, there are enough reasons to support the action. Inside, we know whether we were lying to ourself or not.

Struggle is necessary. Keep doing long enough, we adapt to whatever we wanted to archive.