It is the typical vacation scene:
You have your toes in the sand and of course, you also have a cold drink in your hand.
Vacation and alcohol are like two peas in a pod. When people decide it is time to settle down and relax, they typically like to do so with a beer in their hand – or some other form of alcoholic drink. It seems to have become known as the chill factor in most people’s lives.
Oftentimes when people take a vacation, it is not odd for them to drink the entire time. Vacation is about doing things you don’t normally get to do, and drinking at noon on a Tuesday often falls under that category.
So when you finally decide it is time to become sober and you are back to traveling – what do you do?
How are you supposed to relax without a beer in your hand? What are you supposed to do at night after a long day touring a new city?
It seems almost as if nobody has an answer other than hit the bar.
But there is so much more to vacation, so much more to life, than having a drink.
Enjoy the view.
Just take it all in. Live in the moment. Don’t go tour that museum with a slight buzz. Don’t get wasted halfway through the dinner cruise and forget what you even ate. Don’t pass out every night in the hotel bed and forget to enjoy how comfortable it is. Don’t sleep in every single day to rid yourself of a hangover and forget to watch the sunrise over the ocean.
When you cutout the drinking, you can enjoy and remember so much more. And if you aren’t spending a few hours at the bar, you will have so much more time to enjoy this new found, incredible view.
Find a different attraction.
Oftentimes I think it is hard for people to do something other than drink because it is an attraction. It is an activity. So what do you do instead?
Find something.
Maybe you want to hit up every one of the most touristy gift shops in town. Or look up restaurants in that area that have been on television. Seek out the best hidden spots in town that only the locals know about.
Don’t make your vacation revolve around drinking, find something else.
Traveling sober is actually one of the most rewarding things ever, especially as you have a new found appreciation for life and your surroundings.