I was so close to breaking. We met some people in Central Park.  I offered them jelly beans.  They offered me watermelon.  'As I went to bite, they said - just so you know, it's spiked with Vodka...' I dropped it cold.  It never touched my mouth.  But close. Then, at a restaurant with Jules, she gets a bad glass of wine and says, 'try this, it's terrible'.  I lean in to taste... And then remember.  Again, so close. But I digress.  As many smart people have said to me about HSM - surely abstinence isn't the point?  Surely it's about moderation? And while I agree with them - my comeback is always the same.  Until you abstain, you never realise how easy it is to say yes and how hard it is to say no. And more importantly, you don't build up any capacity for refusal. Six weeks in and saying no is easy.  Asking for soda and lime is natural. One thing I have noticed is that when you go to restaurants and everyone's ordering drinks and you're not, the bill always gets split evenly at the end, meaning I subsidise other people's drinking. This is something I think must happens to lots of HSMers. Not drinking feels very natural now.  I agree with Chris that there's a huge market opportunity for sophisticated, non-alcoholic social drinks (that aren't juice, cordial or soft drink).  I think HSMers might be a great source of ideas for what kind of drinks would be best here. Finally - I have realised something through HSM - as much as I love wine and beer, the best number of drinks for me to have is zero. This is a personal choice, made for me by me.  But knowing now what my body's like without, I am confident that 'without' is when I'm at my best. Nick.