3 months officially done!
31/03/12 • 2 Comments

WOOHOO!!! I’m so, so, soooo proud of what I’ve achieved. A total of 92 days. Dinner tonight with friends to celebrate. Specifically holding it on a Sunday night (and it works out nicely with the exact end of the 3 months) so there is no encouragement to drink too much. The plan is to have a glass of champagne to celebrate, but just secretly, I had a really bad dream last night…I woke up early and realised I had dreamt that I drank one glass of bubbly and was all over the shop, couldn’t stand up, couldn’t speak properly, really reeeeally drunk basically. I was really ill afterwards too. I have been a tad worried about the end of the 3 months, for a few reasons. I don’t want to go back to drinking so much. I don’t want to go back to my ‘party girl’ reputation. I actually want [...]

10 days to go baby!! Wooooo!!
21/03/12 • 5 Comments

Can’t believe I’ve only got 10 more days to go. At the start, 10 days seemed FOREVER but now, it actually doesn’t seem to be long enough…. Funny how you change. I really struggled at the beginning, all the peer pressure, thinking about it all the time, talking about it all the time, but now it doesn’t worry me NEARLY as much. I can’t believe I’ve come this far. I’m actually a bit worried as to what will happen after the 3 months is up. Does this happen to other people? I can’t believe how much my mindset has changed. Honestly, it amazes me. I just need some tips as to how to manage after the 3 months. I think I’ll be stronger in my decision making – when to drink and how much, but I really think the peer pressure will come back in force. People know now that [...]

bored bored booooored
17/02/12 • 2 Comments

Eating is going fairly well (except for the few teeny tiny bits of chocolate along the way). Not drinking is going extremely well! But I\’m starting to get BOOOORED!! At first it was difficult not drinking because of the peer pressure and just the change in lifestyle. Then it started getting easier thankfully, and I really started to enjoy the weekends and extra time and money I have. NOW I\’m just getting bored. I still go out and still have fun but I would really like to be able to have a couple of glasses of wine. I really miss the relaxation feeling it gives you on a friday night after a crazy week. I do still really love my saturday mornings waking up feeling fresh as a daisy but ohhhh what wouldn\’t I give to just have one really nice glass of red??? But it\’s mean one full month [...]

Struggle town
13/02/12 • 2 Comments

It is DEFINITELY getting easier. Struggle town is between 5 and 8pm but at least I’m aware of this!! Means that when I start drinking again I know to be aware of this time as its when my resolve is at its weakest. But so far, so good. Third personal training session tonight (I’m trying to psych myself up for it and think of how amazing my abs will look because otherwise I get sh*t scared). Got lots of birthdays coming up in the next couple of weeks but honestly I’ve come this far, as IF I’m not going to make it all the way.  The only thing that is slightly worrying is that while my body is feeling great my mindset and emotions have been all over the place! I thought this would improve dramatically?! I thought by not drinking the negative mindsets would disappear?1 It’s like someone has [...]

Update – one month down, many more lessons to go..
31/01/12 • 2 Comments

It’s been an insane month. I’ve been sent up to a brewery in NSW for work, spent a weekend away in Daylesford with the girls, BBQ on Aus Day, a farewell work dinner (working for a beer company makes the product pretty much compulsory at these things) and went up to Bonnie Doon for a weekend with my other girlfriends. Not to mention the fact that its SUMMER?!!  But I can say with a huge smile that I’ve managed all of those things without touching alcohol and my calendar now has 31 strokes through it. Time to swap it over for month #2! Don’t get me wrong, it’s been insanely bloody tough, but I’ve loved getting up early on weekends and really enjoying them. Taking in the beautiful summer weather on weekend mornings is one of life’s great pleasures. Haven’t lost any weight (probably due to the cakes and chocolate…) [...]