I have written before about the benefits of doing a 72-hour water-only fast. And, as part of my current advancement of personal consciousness and creativity, I have embarked on this journey again.
I’ll be honest: It has been at least three years since I went even one day without drinking some wine. That said, I have been planning for several months to do a fast. Every time I was ready to set a start date, I’d realize “Oh! I have a wine tasting date with a friend, so I can’t start yet.” Or my husband and I would have a house party. Or I’d say to myself, “Well, I’ve got half a bottle of Epoch or Bushong wine on the shelf, and I can’t throw out expensive wine!”
The excuses kept coming. Until last week. I finally made the commitment to start the fast after my last sip of really nice red wine last night. It was a Sunday, and I was coming off a long evening of sipping bubbles and wine at a birthday party we hosted at our home the day before. And of course I already mentioned that it has been a very long time since I fasted. Also, just last week, I started reading a new book and doing the accompanying workbook exercises designed to jumpstart my creativity.
So, I can’t imagine a better time to “get clean” in my mind-body-biofield-spirit-soul complex!
At 2:45PM today, I got the first wave of hunger pangs. But I’ve done this before, and I knew to expect that — plus some extreme tiredness — during the first twenty-four hours. Also, food doesn’t even look appetizing to me today. This is a good sign that both my prior fasting experiences and my pre-planning has me ready for whatever experiences are yet to come.
Sleeping tonight will be interesting to say the least, since my neurology has been re-wired for the wine to assist with falling asleep. I learned last time that I have to stop eating AND drinking (except for water and herbal tea) in order to not have total sleeplessness and the mild, short-term hallucinations that can occur on the first night.
I plan to break my fast on Thursday morning by eating some fruit. In actuality, I will have fasted for approximately 80 hours.
I’ll let you know how it goes!
Good for you, that requires discipline that I do not have. Giving up alcohol has helped me greatly, lost 35 pounds and got off the diabetes medicine. Couple that with eating right and life gets much better.
There are many ways to better ourselves if we are honest and willing to make some sacrifices.
I’ve been thinking of doing the same. I use to do these all the time. I once went months just eating one meal a day.