Get a move on!
20/11/11 • 1 Comment

Went to a pub and ordered lemonade. I usually refuse to pay $3 for a glass of lemonade but I panicked and couldn’t think of anything else to order. I prefer non sugary drinks but I’m not sure about ordering green tea at a pub! Im also out looking for some decent flats in my area in order to get out of the share house scene. I dont mind sharing with so many people but then the so many people have so many friends and the house turns into a brothel. Anyway with some extra in my pocket I don’t have any excuses so need to get myself into a different situation. I think this is me trying to gain more control in my life. I’ll have my own little Shangri-la in suburbia! This is on of the goals I set for myself when I signed up for hsm.

The heat is on….
18/11/11 • 3 Comments

First hot day in a while today. Perfect drinking weather. My lady went and got a 6 pack of frosty, liquid gold -fresh from mountain spring beery goodness. I thought….”why not, I’ve done well, I need a reward -besides its going to be too hard to sleep without one”… A strange thing then happened. I decided to have ginger ale instead. I did not give in to my impulsive urges and thought of my longer term goals and desired outcomes. Bit of a win!

Thinking about drinking….
15/11/11 • 3 Comments

I’ve been thinking about how it all started, my drinking that is. My first sip would have been waaaay back in the 80′s when I was a young pup wearing skivvies and brown cords. My father was an enthusiastic drinker so he started home brewing in the shed. He gave me a taste and I screwed my face up involuntarily but pretended to like it to be just like dad. I was also witness to the Aussie ‘she’ll be right mate’ drinking culture at pubs and bbq’s since I was knee-high to a keg. When I reached 15 It was almost expected of me to be a drinker so I started binge drinking at parties. I did all the embarrassing things- spewed on myself, spewed on other people, sleezed on to girls after I spewed and then passed out in my undies. This behavior didn’t raise too many eyebrows – [...]

The new guy…..already 1 month in!
14/11/11 • 3 Comments

A month ago while I was lying in bed, can in hand, and 5 others on the floor at 1 am on a school night I decided to have a rest. I was just drinking far too much. I wasn\’t going out and getting blotto every weekend – it was more of a self medication every night. I\’m not sure which ailment I was trying to cure but I realized that I was going about it the wrong way. I felt like shit at work and the enthusiasm and motivation I had in abundance 10 years before had all but disappeared. Can I turn back time and find my get up and go? Or has it got up and went without me? I can say that a month into my 12 month challenge, I am feeling better. I\’ don\’t yet have the hunger of an 80\’s business man with a [...]