Luke Smith began drinking more after traveling from the UK to Dubai for a gorgeous real estate work. Since he gave up last year, his work has been improved.
This essay is based on a conversation with Luke Smith, a 27 -year -old commercial manager in Dubai’s real estate company. It is edited for length and clearness.
In March 2020, I moved from the UK to Dubai and got a real estate job. Almost five years later, I have been trading millions of dollars and gave up alcohol. This is a change that I never imagined when I stayed in the UK.
In the UK, I often drink drinks on weekends, but there was no problem, and I had never woke up the next day. It is soaked in British culture.
In the first 12 months in Dubai, I drank here and there, but I was very disciplined. My role was the committee only without salary, so I had to use all savings.
However, by February 2021, I was planting my roots and began to aim for some success. That’s when my drinking was very dramatically picked up.
After I settled in Dubai, I started drinking more
Dubai has a close British community that takes over the British drinking culture.
Especially when things were going smoothly, there were many drinking at work. On Friday, I go to a business lunch and drink with my colleagues and the people who concluded my transaction. And when my job was stressed, I released steam by drinking with my colleagues.
In addition, I started drinking more outside of working hours. In the UK, you may go to the club on Saturday night, but the British social scene here concentrates on the bottom of the pool and the afternoon drink. So, when I made a friend, many plans included alcohol.
Smith moved to Dubai to work in real estate and noticed that he was drinking more to celebrate his success in the workplace. Luke Smith
All of that alcohol definitely made me feel like a fog -but most of my colleagues did the same. Everyone came a little bit on Monday and talked about how wild the weekend was.
By November 2023, when I was drinking, I noticed that my decision was getting worse. I did this and said I wouldn’t normally. I didn’t like the fact that I started to feel uncontrollable.
I less likely to drink for my health and happiness
People often assume that I have stopped drinking because I have an alcohol problem. But I was not satisfied with my decision, but that wasn’t a problem. The stop was a personal decision to bring profits to my health and happiness.
I wanted to improve my fitness, so I won a personal trainer in December 2023. He said that if I kept drinking, I wouldn’t be interested in having me as a client because I couldn’t make a profit.
Smith replaced branches and pool side drinks with more active hobbies such as running. Luke Smith
In addition, I was approaching a friend who didn’t drink. When I spent more time with him, I did more activities without drinking, and I was introduced to another lifestyle. We go to the gym and sauna and enjoy what Dubai had to provide.
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After that, I dried January in January 2024. I didn’t drink until February because I noticed that I hadn’t missed alcohol at all.
I didn’t try to stop drinking, but I realized that it was not worth restarting because it was my very profitable. I had a lot of energy, mental clearness, and focus. It may be due to changes in diet and exercise, but giving up alcohol has improved my lifestyle.
I started playing golf more regularly, entered Padel, and started running. I was trying to find a variety of hobbies to fill the gaps left by alcohol, but when I got calm, it became a more appropriate circle for what my deep interest was.
Eventually, I’m in Dubai to bring my family and my future self. I want to concentrate on it. Drinking alcohol on weekends does not agree with that goal.
If I didn’t move to Dubai, I think it would have been possible to change my lifestyle in the positive way I have.
Smith drinks when he is not in Dubai, but he drinks alcohol to focus on his professional goals and fitness. Luke Smith
I still go to a work event -I have just 0 % beer
Now, I choose and choose when I actually want to drink.
I still go to all work events and participate -I just drink tonic water or 0 % beer and leave earlier than when I drink.
I have a very happy alcohol when I’m on vacation or downtime.
I returned to the UK last month and drank most days. What is the culture, especially during Christmas. I knew it was only for a short time, so I really enjoyed it, and that was what I hadn’t done for a while. Finally, I was very over.
If you don’t intend to drink on Friday, you can get bored and labeled. But at this point, it doesn’t affect me for my hobbies and me surrounding myself. There are other ways to enjoy my life.
