Made it
27/10/11 • 12 Comments

I year without a drink today. Made my goal and have realised that there is no need for alcohol in my life. Whats the wife say to me, ” I need a drink like I need a hole in the head”, so true. I’ll probably never drink again either. I just don’t see the point anymore. Why waste my time and money on poisoning my body. Waking up sick with regret and guilt. I wish I realised this 15 years ago but better late than never. Partys, weekends and even new years eve still goes on without it, except you wake up healthy and you can remember them. Thanks to everyone who helped me achieve this, including HSMers. It amazing how a comment  can lift you up and inspire you to keep going. Reinsure you are doing the right thing because I must say there was times when it was hard. Now I’ll [...]

nearly 1 year
04/10/11 • 7 Comments

i am only 3 weeks off achieving no alcohol for one year. gee time has flown. at the begining i could not imagine my life without having a beer but now it doesnt even become a thought. the high light has to be my wedding day. i was disappointed that i was going to miss the traditional bucks show and champagne celebrations and thought about throwing the towel in, but i woke up the morning after the wedding and was so glad i could remember everything and we enjoyed a honey moon without hangovers. you just feeel so much more healthier and happier. bring on October 27. what an achievement.

Looking back
28/07/11 • 0 Comments

It has been 9 months now since I\’ve had a drink and I was just looking back at the benifits of me not drinking. My first thoughts were of my health. For starters I have lost a heap of weight, about 10kgs. I reguarly go to the gym or run now, so my heart and body must be a lot healthier, probably my kidneys and liver too. My family life is a lot better, I spend more time at home making everybody happier, and I am not sitting around depressed with a hangover and regrets, so my phychology must be a lot stabler. Then another benifit that comes straight to mind is the money I dont waste any more. I would spends hundreds on a Friday night down the pub, most of the time being broke by the end of the weekend. I always have money in my pocket now. If [...]

It gets easier
01/06/11 • 3 Comments

I havn’t had a drink for just over 7 months now and the need to have a drink is slowly reducing. Going out and getting on the drink just is not that important any more. I have other things to do instead. State of origin, my favorite game of footy all year, used to be a carton of beer, a hangover and not being able to remember the score. Now its ordering pizza, waking up healthy and remembering the game and enjoying that i’ve done a good thing. I look forward to the weekend to go out for tea or do something around the house instead of sitting down the pub and betting on the horses. I never thought this would be possible but it is. Wasting youre free time getting drunk is just a waste of your time and not relaxing. I feel so much more refreshed after a [...]

I’d love a drink
28/04/11 • 4 Comments

Sometimes I really miss having a drink. I’d love nothing more than to just walk down the pub and have a cold schooner but I know how hard I’ve worked to not drink for the last 6 months and I know I would regret it if I did. Those cravings just seem to always be there and alcohol is a big part of society, it seems to be everywhere. Everone i know gets on it it every now or then. Going out and getting drunk is good fun it’s the regrets the next day that are bad. I know that if i have a drink i will go back to my weekly binge drinking habbit. Anyone got any good tips for getting over those times of craving and keeping on track?