Bridget Maasland (49) determined two years in the past to cease ingesting fully. A choice that she helps to at the present time and from which she reaps the advantages, she explains within the new ‘LINDA.’ The presenter talks intimately concerning the purpose for quitting and what it’s prefer to date sober.
“I felt every part that I should not numb myself now”
Bridget began ingesting fairly late: she solely turned to wine after her divorce on the age of 33. “A buddy who was in the identical boat got here to reside with me. And we spent many evenings collectively on the kitchen desk with numerous wine,” she displays. The presenter mentioned she skilled ‘delayed puberty’. At the moment she already seen that she couldn’t tolerate alcohol: an evening of binge ingesting was equal to every week of restoration. “I simply bodily cannot deal with it,” she concludes.
Nonetheless, it took some time earlier than she determined to cease ingesting. When she learn that ladies who’re going by way of menopause usually tend to develop breast most cancers, she began to surprise why she was nonetheless ingesting. When across the identical time her relationship with André Hazes got here to an finish, she determined to change issues up. “I felt every part that I should not numb myself now. I did not need to put this away, I needed to take care of the grief.”
She continues to be reaping the advantages of that call right this moment. “I had extra focus, slept higher, felt more healthy – the entire thing. I by no means must assume once more whether or not I can drive the automobile, whether or not I can train tomorrow, or whether or not I can go forward with that appointment. Implausible.”
But she has to confess that it isn’t at all times simple to not drink. For instance, happening a date sober for the primary time was terrifying to her. “I flew to Madrid particularly for it and ended up in a lodge room with this man,” she displays. “After all there was somewhat fridge with every kind of bottles of drinks in it. I hesitated. As a result of why not simply relieve the worst pressure? However I did not do it and after I flew again the following day, I used to be so pleased with myself. As a result of it was a very nice night, the intercourse was unbelievable and I might nonetheless keep in mind all of it. The final word win-win scenario.”
In Aran on Tour Bridget beforehand advised us intimately about her new way of life:
