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Things done change (Aisha Glen)
11/10/10 • 4 Comments

Wow, helloooo Hello Sunday Morning! This evening I thought I’d check in here and found myself reading over my old posts. Things have really changed since way back then I remember when I was fresh off the back of my 3 month HSM. At that stage I don’t really think the insights learnt during this time were overly obvious to me. Looking back over the last six months really demonstrates the things this time taught me. And yes, I do drink now and I still thoroughly enjoy the experience! The difference today is knowing my limits. I also have a greater respect for alcohol and also myself. Hello Sunday Morning is about the individual. Hello Sunday Morning was for me. At the time I remember being torn between viewing my blogs as narcissistic and being able to see the benefit of leading by example. 2010 has been an epic, epic [...]

SBS-documentary-epiphany moment (Aisha Glen)
15/04/10 • 2 Comments

Was watching this documentary on SBS late last night about the cocoa trade in Colombia. They were interviewing a group of guys who were all about 18-24 whose fathers had been murdered by their gang leaders. They were asked about what they thought of people of their own age in western countries doing coke. It was such a difficult thing for them to comprehend, that people with so many opportunities focused so much time, energy and money on getting wasted. Just one of those late night SBS-documentary-epiphany moments I thought was worth sharing. We will probably never completely comprehend how lucky we are. There is so much more that we can achieve, and so much more to do. Every second doing nothing is a waste of time and we all know that we can never get it back. Kinda scary really.

Goodbye messed up world (Aisha Glen)
05/03/10 • 3 Comments

What a wild ride! This thing has really thrown me around a bit. It has been 3 weeks now, since I slipped back into being able to drink again. I have experienced the good and bad. Mostly, the bad experiences have been far more significant than the good. When I over-drank (I like this term better than binge) things got ugly. I think that I am just better when I don’t drink too much. I would love to be able to share some awesomely deep and intense insights about life and how I have drastically changed as a person, but my realisation is quite simple. I have fun and enjoy myself when I don’t drink more than 1-2 drinks in one sitting (or dancing!). I used to be the last one standing, the one who always took things further and who never wanted to go to bed. A night can [...]

My ‘Graduation” post was a little premature, this last week has taught me that I have not completed HSM at all. Being able to drink again simply marks the next phase in this journey. When I went out last Friday night I drank quite a lot for me, it was all sweet French Martinis and a little trashy sparkling wine. I didn’t get drunk and I had a really great night out. I kept drinking because I expected to feel something more, I was expecting myself to get drunk and I didnt. I got tired and I got over it. So I went home. I then did the unthinkable. I accidentally got drunk the other day when I really shouldn’t have and I totally beat myself up over it. I felt extremely stupid and guilty for getting drunk. Besides the fact that I took things a little too far, after [...]

GRADUATION DAY (AISHA GLEN)
18/02/10 • 10 Comments

I have held out for as long as I could on this one, tomorrow I graduate from Hello Sunday Morning! Extremely happy with how this whole process has panned out. I have experienced something I urge all people to try. Three months is not really a long time to go without alcohol. It is not hard but it sure is effective and affective! I have learnt some significant things whilst honouring my commitment to sobriety: 1. I can have an awesome night out with friends without drinking. It is the company and my own attitude that make a great night out, not alcohol. 2. My body and mind function better when I don’t drink alcohol. I feel great, I have tonnes of energy and my body seems prefer not having to recover regularly. 3. I appreciate and enjoy drinking. I miss drinking. I don’t mean that I miss getting drunk, the [...]