90 Days No Alcohol

90 Days No Alcohol. What Actually Happened (Askesis Founder)

I used to think I didn’t have a problem with alcohol.
A beer or two after work. Wine on weekends. The occasional whiskey when life felt heavy.
Nothing crazy. Nothing that stopped me from functioning.
But it was always there — a quiet hum in the background.

Then, I decided to shut the hum off for 90 days.

No lectures. No “alcohol is poison” preaching.
Just a simple, time-bound Askesis:
No Alcohol. 90 days. One daily check-in.

Here’s what actually happened — day by day, week by week.

Week 1–2: The Surprise

Everyone expects the first week to be hell.
It wasn’t.
The surprise was how quickly my sleep changed.
I’ve tracked sleep for years — it used to look like this:
Fall asleep fast → wake up at 3 a.m. → stare at ceiling → back to sleep at 5 a.m. → wake up groggy.

After 9 days without alcohol, the 3 a.m. wake-ups disappeared.
Deep sleep went from ~45 minutes to 2 h 10 min on average.
I woke up before my alarm and felt… awake.
Not “caffeine-awake. Actually awake.

Week 3–4: The Fog Lifted

Around day 20 I noticed something stranger.
My brain felt quiet.
Not empty — quiet.
The constant low-level static I had accepted as “normal adult life” was gone.
Decisions that used to take 30 minutes took 3.
I started finishing books again.
I wrote more in one month than in the previous six.

Week 5–8: Energy Became Predictable

This was the biggest shock.
My energy stopped swinging.
No more “great day / crash day” cycle.
Every single day was 7–8/10 energy.
Not 10/10 manic, not 3/10 dead — just steady, usable, calm power.
I moved my body every morning without negotiation.
I stopped needing coffee after 2 p.m.
I stopped needing alcohol to “relax” at night — because I wasn’t wired anymore.

Week 9–12: The Identity Shift

Somewhere around day 70 I caught myself in conversation:
Someone offered me a drink and I said, without thinking:
“No thanks, I don’t drink.”

Not “I’m taking a break.”
Not “I’m doing a challenge.”
I don’t drink.

That sentence came out of my mouth and I realised:
The 90-day Askesis had quietly rewritten who I thought I was.

The Numbers (because I know you want them)

• Sleep score average: 68 → 92

• Deep sleep per night: 48 min → 2 h 11 min

• Morning energy (1–10): 5 → 8

• Days I felt “sharp” all day: from 2–3 per month → 100%

• Books finished: 1 in the 90 days before → 7 in the 90 days of the cycle

The Truth

90 days sounded extreme when I started.
It ended up feeling like the bare minimum.

If you’re sitting there thinking “I don’t have a problem, but…”
— that’s exactly where I was.

One cycle.
Clear start. Clear end.
Real, permanent change.

I built the app that made this possible for me.
It’s called Askesis.

You can start your own 90-day “No Alcohol” cycle — or any other — right now, for free.

No preaching.
Just a quiet flame waiting for you.

See you on day 1.
— Mikita, the guy who built Askesis

P.S. If you try it, write me on day 30 and tell me how your sleep changed. I read every single message.