When I quit the drink, I turned to Half Ironman Training to give me something else to focus on. Essentially I replaced one addiction with another initially, but it did the job. However, I still remember the first Charles Poliquin nutrition conference I ever went to, where he called me out for it. In his mind, running was not conducive to being strong – and his first question to me was, “so, what are you running away from?” Turns out I was trying to run away from my boyfriend, but hey that’s a whole other story.