Hey everyone, I went to my first Meditation class yesterday. I wasn’t too sure what to expect, I was worried I would be made to chant or something and I have never been able to sit still for a long period of time! But I [...]

Well Groovy Cats it seems like I have hit 9 days…and going to double figures. WhooP WhooP!!!! Thats super cool, I went away this weekend, BACH ,FISHING, great company !!! – interpretation:bloody hard test Waaahoo [...]

Last night I had a new experience. I got stopped at a random breath test in the little town I live and for once I didn’t have any doubts run through my head before waiting for the test indicator (not that I would hav [...]

WellI have been off alcohol for about 5days now. I have been encountered opportunities to have a drink of alcohol,almost everyday since taking the challenge. I beive at this oint in time I have been able to pre occupy myself [...]

Yay, I week down.. wasnt too hard to stay home last night…. and turns out i have a new hobby!!!! Product of my Saturday night——- This morning I had to coach my under 15 basketball team at 8am, super early [...]

Well the first weekend in a long time with no alcohol. Went out to lunch today and I really felt like a glass of wine but I resisted. I’ve told everyone what I’m doing so that makes me more accountable. I’m [...]

Well, Day 1 of the Hello Sunday Morning challenge – and yes its Sunday Morning! It felt really good to wake up with a clear head, after my partner and I went to a movie at the Penthouse last night. This morning I led a [...]

File under “The power of HSM – taking you to unexpected places”. I finished my first olympic distance triathlon today – 1.5km swim, 40km ride and 10km run. I’m a little bit sunburnt and my muscle [...]

Well I’m almost through day 7 and feeling good. I had my first experience of people drinking around me while I abstained. We played football and had a big win. The boys were on a high and had a few celebratory drinks. I [...]

Righto, today is the day, booze free for 12 weeks! I really want to do this, but I have to admit I am a bit daunted at the moment! I haven’t gone more than 4 or 5 days without a drink in ages, and over the last 3 weeks, [...]

(This is part 2 of this Blog post as I had to spilt it in half to make it work on the site) This is something that I have thought about for a while now and I think I am ready to commit to it. After chatting to Chris Raine abo [...]

I just wrote a long blog and then lost it! How does that happen and where is it? I am new to computers least of all blogs. Anyhow was up at 5am and at 6 drove to Wellington to pick up eldest child(27) from OE at 9am. Great to [...]

So it’s been a while since I’ve posted on here. And I’ve been feeling really guilty about taking so long with it. You know, it’s funny, as soon as I wrote that last sentence I thought to myself, why sh [...]

Hi everyone – just checking in quickly, I haven’t been posting much as I have uni exams in a couple of weeks which is keeping me very busy… as per usual, have left everything to last minute so am cramming fu [...]

So, thought it was about time I wrote a post on here. I’ve been alcohol free now for 9 days. It’s actually not been too hard so far. Partly because I had the hangover of my lifetime on Friday last week and I think [...]

Week 1… first clear Sunday. How happy I was to wake this morning (in fact the last couple of mornings) without an ill feeling in my tummy, without my tongue sticking to the roof of my mouth and generally feeling like c [...]

Ohhh no,, I thought it was 5.30. I have just put on the Sunday roast and now it will be ready at 5.00, also I sent the kids up to the bath with nanna. Lol So all in all it has been a great day, the family all went for a two k [...]

Wow, what a nice feeling to have someone comment on what I wrote yesterday. It made me feel really good! Thanks a lot. It meant a lot to me. It’s nice to know I’m not alone! I didn’t sleep very well last ngh [...]

Hi, It\’s Issie here. Well, I am starting this challenge tomorrow, and I hope that I can do it. I have been drinking pretty heavily and regularly recently, so it will be a big change to stop drinking for that long. I en [...]

1 week done and im gunna line up anada one…1 day at a time…thanks 4 ur blogs that show me i am not alone on this journey…l8rs

Okay…so I’ve absolutely sucked at maintaining a blog on my experience to date but thought I would get back on the horse and see how I travel this time round. So…. A couple of days ago I passed the Biblical M [...]

I’ve just turned my phone on and up pops a text – “Fancy a vino?” The answer that instantly raged through my mind – “Hell, YES!”. I then checked the date of the text – it was [...]

So this is day three, got threw the weekend went to hangout with the grandparents, for my granddads birthday, thought it would be easy cause they don’t drink……. except for that day of course lol. all good th [...]

So I’m 9 days into my 3 month stint without alcohol. God I want a glass of red wine.

I finished my first HSM just before Easter. Since then I have had a few wines every day, which I have enjoyed. As I am training for my first half marathon on the 1st of July, I feel it would be better for my training if I sta [...]

Hi, So there we go, week one just about down and I went to the party last night and survived the lures of alcohol. I dont quite know how I feel about it yet, as I felt a bit uneasy last night but I think it is something that [...]

I have been a bit negilgent and havent blogged in a while but I am still going strong and excited to say it has now been 6weeks since my last drink. As of last weekend I even made it through an entire music festival without d [...]