Just about to hit 3 months!
08/10/11 • 4 Comments

Well I am a week out now from finishing my HSM and I don\’t quite know how to feel. I don\’t know if I want to have a drink, I quite like things the way they are. I have more energy, a sharper mind, more time for my kids and best of all don\’t wake up with that horrid dusty feeling – which I get even after having 2 drinks. I am attending a party on Friday night  - my last official HSM day I think eveyone is expecting me to rock up with a bottle of vino and much cheer that I actually did this – 3 months with out a drink – I don\’t want to have a drink strangely enough because I know that one will lead to two and then a bottle later I wil be talking a load of old guff, then I will stumble [...]

9 weeks now …..
17/09/11 • 2 Comments

Well now hitting 9 weeks and still must say very proud of oneself. This is the longest I have ever gone in my whole entire life – we won\’t count pregnancy in not having a drink and strangely I am getting quite used to not having alcohol in my life BUT I did have a thought last weekend. Had a pretty bad day at work, bit of a sad day really and as I drove home I thought to myself – you know I would be going home to a bottle of wine now – so I stopped at a shop and bought myself some cigarettes – not real good – and I enjoyed the cigarette as well – then I had another one the next day because my brain is going through the treat thing – I am over chocolate and eat too much of it. So now the [...]

Now hitting 6 weeks yahhhhh
30/08/11 • 7 Comments

Back again and so far so good athough Saturday night was difficult. I went out for a friends birthday and everyone was drinking and having fun – they are all pretty sensible though. Just looking at that frosted glass of champers made my heart drop, I found I wanted a drink, not for confidence or partying really but just for the taste of it. A lemon lime and bitters was ordered and it was refreshing but as each glass of wine was poured and the glass frosted up it looked so inviting, everyone got louder as the night went on. I looked at my friend who is also doing HSM with me, I could see that she was thinking what I was thinking. As everyone got slightly sozzled and even more louder I was kind of missing myself in action. Usually I am the loudest, drink the most, up for [...]

Update doing alright!
05/08/11 • 0 Comments

Ok I am three weeks in so far so good!!!!! My husband is 2 weeks in. Want to write loads more but really busy. Very hungry all of the time and I have a sweet tooth. More to come but wanted to say that all ok. Going to a disco tonight – well it is a kids disco so no alcohol there! Biggest challenge is going out with the girlfriends oh well not going to think about that till the date comes. Feeling good though and my husband is extraordinary. He says he is bored but I don’t think he is at all. He is listening to music and playing his guitar. Will sign off now, Crstaltipps    

The Countdown begins!
20/07/11 • 0 Comments

Right it is time. I read the article in the Courier Mail about 8 weeks ago and thought what a fantastic idea! I decided to ask my husband if he wanted to do this with me – ‘You have got to be joking’ – well I wasn’t. But he started thinking about it and thought – well why not! I set a date 6 weeks in to the future so that we could talk about it, think about it and spread the word. My girlfriend is going to also take the challenge so at least I have some more company. Only 4 days to go before we start .