So far I’m a week in on my 3 months of not drinking. I have to admit by the end of the week I was amazed at how easy it really was. With this in mind there is a little voice telling me that its only going to get harder and thinking it’s easy may be putting me at a disadvantage!

I love to drink and I’m well aware that I drink more frequently than the greater part of the population. I’m not a huge party girl but I do enjoy my liquor, to the point of no return. What I have never enjoyed is the recovery or the consequences I have had to face as a result of my drinking.

I’m Hannah, a Sunshine Coast local, Graphic Designer/Student and I work in a local bar. I’m a very strong forthright, independent person, except for when it comes to alcohol.

Over the past years my drinking has destroyed a lot of things and people that I hold dear. Despite this it has still taken me up until the last couple of months to realise how alcohol is affecting me and the people around me, call me a slow learner.

The person I become when drinking is so far removed from my usual self that my friends decided she was indeed another person, aptly named Terrible Tracy. Tracy is the drunkest person in the bar, the one who falls over in a disgraceful mess, shouts insults at everyone in sight and then continues to pick fights with the patrons urging them out-side in order to resolve whatever their problem is, only to fall into a teary mess once the fight is lost. And of course, it’s never her fault.
Whilst a lot the friends who have managed to put up with my bad behavior over the years think that my drunkenness is rather amusing, I do believe as I get older it’s starting to get a lot less funny, and not just for me.
I have decided that it’s time for me to take responsibility for my own behaviors and my own actions. Not to pass the buck onto alcohol or some crazy alter ego.

Over the next three months I aim to get to know myself better, conduct myself in a more respectable manner and improve my health. At this stage of my life I really don’t see how I can achieve this if I continue to abuse alcohol the way I do.
I aim to become the girl that can have just one or two drinks, maybe get tipsy and then STOP! Retaining dignity and pride!

So Hello Sunday Morning! So begins my journey…