Crap
03/05/11 • 1 Comment

What can I say. Easter was OK but I wasn’t as sober as I should or wanted to be. But suddenly I’ve gone on my usual bender – must have wine after work. Somebody stop me!!

So I’m not the only one!
20/04/11 • 3 Comments

That’s day one out of the way. Feeling like a bit of a duffus – why don’t I do this all the time? But this is not the place for recriminations or I’ll fall into that same ol’ same ol’ trap of ‘well you’re garbage anyway so what the hell’. Reading other posts I almost think my mind and feelings are being read. I know exactly the grip that a soothing glass or six can get you in. Frankly Easter will be quite a challenge. We have people over on Friday night who, kid free, are saying it will be nice to ‘let their hair down’. Family are visiting, not that they’re big drinkers, but one is never asked, the wine is simply placed in front of you whilst conversation flows.  I have a mantra I make before these occasions; “I will remember saying goodbye to people, I will remember.” Then, [...]

I’m going in!!
20/04/11 • 1 Comment

This is it – Day 1. Time to start being honest and healthy. Over the next three months I want to see what it’s like to not put a full stop on the day with Chardonnay. Without sounding too much like a self-help manual, I do want to reclaim that person who doesn’t equate a good night out with a fuzzy head in the morning. By the end of this experiment, I want to be able to have the determination and confidence to roll over into another three months, and then another. But baby steps for now.