Off to a positive start
06/06/11 • 4 Comments

So I only found out about HSM yesterday and signed up this morning…HUGE step for me to even consider doing this let alone commit to it. I am overwhelemed at the positive comments and support I have received already just this morning. I am really excited about the possibility of not only kicking my addiction but the possibility of losing the last 8kgs I want to lose. I have lost 12kg in the past 7 months from doing nothing so I can only hope that cutting out the booze will definitely help even more. I\’m also trying not to be unrealistic. I\’m not doing this because I never want to drink again, but I don\’t want to be so reliant on alcohol to have a good time, be more confident and be happier about myself. I want to be able to have a drink here and there if I may feel like it but [...]

Time for a change
05/06/11 • 5 Comments

So where to start and what to say? I can honesty say I am an alcoholic. I wouldn’t actually admit that to anyone I know, although if you know me well you would know that I am. I’m not what you would call your ‘typical’ alcoholic. I am 25, very happily married with two beautiful children. It would be so much easier if it was a case of I drink because I’m unhappy and I’m unhappy because I drink but it’s not that at all. I am so happy with my husband and children and our lives together, i’m completely unhappy with me though. An excuse and reason would be awesome, would make it easier to admit my drinking has been really out of control for a long time. I don’t get absolutely ‘wasted’ and lose control or anything, I don’t even go out partying and clubbing. I just drink…all the [...]