Sacrifice. It’s a word that has a thousand implications for me, or perhaps a thousand consequences. I understand that if I ever truly want to succeed in MMA that I have to give up some aspects of my life. And until recently… I never had the motivation, or rather the determination/balls to actually give them up.
Honestly, it’s only one thing I truly need to throw away from my life… alcohol. But the more I think about it… the consequences of this one sacrifice, affect my entire life. The rest of this blog, isn’t an attempt to garner pity, or applause, but rather a place for me to fully understand what I’m giving up. So when ever I feel like I don’t have enough motivation to train… I’ll know what I gave up and go the extra mile so to speak.
The first thing I’ll lose would be friends. They wouldn’t stop associating with me because I stopped drinking, but rather we would see less of each other, and more then likely slowly drift apart. It’s sad, or rather depressing for me, since some of the best nights of my life has been with these guys.
The girl. The reason for this is two fold… one is from no longer drinking, while the other is time spent at the gym. Honestly, I don’t even have one to lose right now, but… yeah. This is always the hardest part to think about foregoing for a couple years…
My youth. College life is centered around partying, and while I could still go, it wouldn’t be the same if I couldn’t drink. Plus who wants to be around what you can’t have?
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