Ex-Miss Universe Australia says ditching alcohol could 'stop marital arguments'

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drinking improved her relationship with her boyfriend so much that she never wants to get drunk again.Olivia Rogers was crowned Miss Universe Australia in 2017, and has gone on to author a book about self-help, sharing tips about body positivity.Now, the 29 year-old opened up about her tricky relationship with booze, admitting on the Kinda Sorta Dating podcast that she has cut out drinking entirely after it created arguments with her husband.She explained a number of reasons had compelled her to quit drinking, but acknowledged her relationship with her now husband Jason was a crucial factor.“There was this ongoing pattern that most times that we drank together, we would end up having some sort of disagreement, to varying degrees,” she recalled.“Sometimes it was minor, and other times it was a big emotional blow-up where I’d end up in tears.“Every time we would be going out drinking, I would get this anxiety that was like, ‘how is this night going to go?'”Like most of us, Olivia described how she would also suffer from ‘hangxiety’, the fear of not knowing what you had done during a heavy drinking session on the day after.And, with the couple’s relationship perfect aside from their drunken arguments, Olivia identified alcohol as the “common denominator” and vowed to try going 30 days without drinking.Almost ten months later, the model-turned-author is enthusiastic about the benefits of her new lifestyle.“Fourteen days in, and I already felt better about myself and I suppose more in control about situations,” she said.“Justin and I just had our wedding, which was the best day of our lives.

I didn’t have a drop of alcohol, and I didn’t miss it at all.“We danced the night away and I didn’t once think, ‘I wish I had a drink, I.