I read the book "Let's look up and drink" by Odajima Takashi-san, who recently passed away.

More than three years has passed since I quit drinking. One of the reason was, reading a column of Odajima Takashi-san about quitting drinking.

Reading this book, I realized that I had been on the edge.

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Insomnia and alcoholism are like breathtaking partners.

Now I am suffering from Insomnia, however I am getting by with just a dose of stabilizers and autonomic training methods.

I sometimes think that I wan to go to sleep easier by drinking. On the other hand, recently, I don't come to feel pain, walking through the liquor racks at the convenience store.

Pain to quit smoking had continued just for a month.

In my case, the reason the pain to quit drinking was longer, might be the longer period I had been drinking.

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The reason why I can keep quitting it is , that I am less tired from working and writing my columns.

However, more decisive was the fact that I could now "take a nap when I was tried", even without alcohol.

This greatly lowered my fear of insomnia.

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Alcoholism is said to be a "disease of denial".

Because the patients never accept that they are alcoholism.

In the book "Let's look up and drink", there are a pile of "denial logics".

Even if you drink only once every three days, they can become alcoholism.

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It is said, "If you don't enjoy alcohol, you lose half of life," and I believe that to be true.

So, if you don't have something to fill it, it would be difficult to break free from alcoholism.

It seems to be trivial matter for you, however, for me, getting my body of "take a nap when I was tired" was enough to fill it.