Alcohol issues
I am an alcoholic, used to work out regularly but not for the past few years. What is your advice to get out of this funk and back in shape?
Some things never change. Some things must change.
Alcohol wrecked my life by time I was 40. Health, family, home, work, gone. Haven’t had a drink or recreational drug since release from the hospital with very-near-fatal congestive heart failure 30 years ago.
I stopped the hard way — drink and die or stay straight and live. Chose the latter, by God’s grace. Works wonders.
Walk a lot, get before the iron and do some old-fashioned pushing and pulling — standing barbell curls and light bench presses. This is a neat combo for easy interest and easy re-learning and rapid response and pure fun.
Keep it that way for a long time. Don’t get crazy, don’t injure yourself, don’t make big demands, don’t make it a pressure, but keep it consistent. Three times a week or every third day works… work up to four sets of 12, 10, 8, 6 reps.
Get the miles in on off days… stairs and uphill if you can.
In time add an exercise for the back (pulldowns, one-arm dumbbell rows, assist chins) once a week. Dips are fun and productive… dumbbells are best for pressing when you’re invested… on you go and grow with wisdom and increasing confidence and enthusiasm…
Zoom… You can do it… pray about it…
God’s strength… the Bomber

