Dance, my last words.
04/08/11 • 3 Comments

  Okay this will probably be my last HSM post as I think I have said everything I wanted to say about my experiences in becoming a non-drinker and how awesome life without alcohol is. I wanted to talk about the world of Social Partner Dancing though because I think Social Partner Dancing is the perfect activity for anybody who wants to drink less and find an awesome alternative form of healthy and social entertainment. Dancing is a great activity for the sober for the following reasons; ·         Its a physical activity that can seriously help keep you in shape ·         Its fun and very social enabling you to meet new people ·         Its generally a non-drinking crowd who dance, drinking is minimal and drunkenness is not tolerated. ·         It helps develop your coordination and balance ·         It helps develop a better understanding of body movement ·         It really improves [...]

Who do you want to be?
04/08/11 • 0 Comments

I think it all comes down to deciding who we want to be, and then having the strength and will to make ourselves into that person. Who would you rather be? This person;  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0D0rtfukLU or this person; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lglvYOsKSR4    

Life after Booze
02/08/11 • 5 Comments

Day 2 + 2556 (wow!)   So yesterday was the seven year anniversary of the day I quit drinking! Obviously HSM wasn’t around 7 years ago, but when I heard about HSM I wanted to contribute because my life is infinitely better without alcohol and I think many peoples lives can be infinitely better without booze. I am just trying to brain dump everything I went through and what I have learned in the transition from heavy drinker, to non-drinker.  It’s a bit harder than I thought it would be to get out because it was a long time ago, and not only that, alcohol is so far removed from my life now, it seems like it was another person that used to drink not me.  But I have nearly said everything I want to say. I thought I would share some tactical ideas about how I transitioned into non-drinking, [...]

Before and After Alcohol Photos
31/07/11 • 12 Comments

Below: Me before I quit drinking.  Drunk in this shot, got scratched up in a drunken scuffle with some other drunk at a party. Below: Me after I quit drinking.  Happier, fitter, happier.   7 Years Later Part 3 – Alcohol Free Lifestyle   Ok, I have tried and failed to write this piece several times now, so I am just going to have to blurt it all out and hope that it makes some sense.  At least you will all be sober reading it and therefore have a better chance of understanding it. After a few weeks of non-drinking, feeling better, loosing weight, and remembering who I really was, I decided that I would never drink again, and I haven’t. At first I would still go out and party with my friends.  I used to drink Coopers zero alcohol beer in a stubbie holder so it looked just like [...]

Total Respect to you all!
30/07/11 • 0 Comments

To everybody who is doing HSM.  You all have my total respect.  You have recognised that there has to be a better way to live than in the Drinking Culture, and have made a decision to step into the unknown and find something else. I left the drinking culture 7 years ago this weekend.  As I read your posts I remember what it was like in those first several months, how hard it was to deal with friends particularly.  It gets easier. Now, as a non-drinker, the stories you all tell are mind blowing, but I know from first hand experience that they are just typical, and that itself is mind blowing, that we live in a society that accepts the influence of alcohol so readily. I think I am rambling. I think if alcohol were put on trial, the posts of HSM would be evidence to send it away [...]