I know I am reliant on some parts of my daily ritual for my mental stability. More exercise, better hydration, fewer calories, more sweat, more effort... these are achievable. My personal challenge to me is to do one more pushup, one more situp, one more burpee, one more chinup, and lose a pound of weight in each day in October. This will give me 1 more measurement of improvement in each category. The chinups will require the most effort to improve because they require improvements in upper body strength and are made easier by losing more of the spare tire, neither of which is easy at 70 years of age. But I will put my best foot forward as my Sober October personal challenge. The caffeine and alcohol are not things I want to attempt but I will monitor my intake and if I do some "one day at a time" stuff, I should be able to reduce intake. I have my CBT tools... this might work!