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Ken Makimsy Middleton
4 min readNov 27, 2021

“Everything you want in life is probably on the other side of giving up alcohol.” — Ken Makimsy Middleton

November 10th, 2018.

This is the night that I gave up drinking.

And while I can’t say that I’m 100% defined by the fact that I don’t drink, I can say that this decision forever changed the trajectory of my life.

Up until the point in time, my life had been pretty mediocre and a constant barrage of underachievement, in my opinion.

Sure, I had accomplished some things that some people may consider decently respectful, as I had obtained my MBA from a top business school and achieved Director status at my former company.

However, for me, that level of success was not up to par with what I thought I could achieve.

Therefore, when I made the decision to give up drinking, it was about all of the things that I still knew I had the ability to do in the world versus what I had accomplished up to that point and the fact that drinking was the anchor that was holding me…

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Ken Makimsy Middleton
Ken Makimsy Middleton

Written by Ken Makimsy Middleton

Alcohol-conscious writer helping people reach their FULL potential in life and their careers. Editor of AINYF | Author of Bamboozled (thebamboozledbook.com)

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