Day Three Deja-vu
04/05/11 • 2 Comments

OK, it’s Day Three – again.   I ‘let myself down’ as they are fond of saying contritely on reality TV shows.  Firstly, with a glass of wine at a ‘thank you’ lunch, because I felt too embarrassed to explain, and because it was Friday, and it was sunny, and, well, just because I felt like it, dammit!   And then on Sunday it was half a bottle of champagne, and half a bottle of red wine, because I was helping out at the Logies, and because… and because…   … are you seeing the slippery slope?!   Time to get some – far steelier – resolve, and man up.   So in the wee hours of Monday morning, I awoke in the darkness to a seriously crappy headache, and a seriously unhappy boyfriend, all curled away from me due to broken promises.   So I then re-promised to get [...]

Day One
27/04/11 • 6 Comments

OK it’s Day One.  I feel nervous. Over the past 20 years I’ve made a variety of poor alcohol-related decisions.  I’ve also had an amazing time with brilliant people.  However, in the past few months, the amazing times haven’t been there and the consequences of those poor decisions are worrying me. With the support of my fantastic partner, friends, and YOU GUYS!   I am going to give this thing my best shot and take the hand back in the Me + Alcohol relationship. I feel worried about the social pressure aspect – I’ve always lived in the moment and so can easily think “I’ll start tomorrow instead!” – but having this website  to say it’s something I’ve signed up for definitely makes it easier already. So I’m nervous about the 3 months ahead! but feel good about making this contract with myself.  I’m glad you guys are out there .  Wish [...]