Taking off the beer goggles
15/05/11 • 0 Comments

I have officially survived one month booze-free – hooray! It has now been five weeks and one day and at this stage I can’t imagine myself drinking ever again. Waking up without a hangover is amazing and rocking up to work on a Monday fog-free is even better. There has been a down side to my HSM experience – I’ve taken up smoking full-time … again. I also feel like I’m eating for Australia at the moment but not sure if I’m just noticing it more as I’ve become more aware of what I am putting into my body. But I digress. I am so glad I have chosen to do this. I am seeing everything a whole lot clearer. Instead of living for the weekend so I can booze it up I am now focusing on what I want from life and trying to find which direction I should [...]

Booze-free epiphany
29/04/11 • 1 Comment

I am just a day off from being booze-free for three weeks – yay me! I did Febfast earlier this year and can say it’s definitely a lot easier this time around. I think mainly because my head is in the right space and I’m not hanging out for an end date. So far I have managed to go out with mates – who were all drinking – and survived a long weekend without being tempted to neck a cider (my drink of choice). I’ve also made it through two after work-drinks without drinking. Luckily I love a refreshing lemon, lime and soda water after a long day at the office! What I have learned so far is I am not boring when I am sober, as I have always believed, and waking up without a Sunday morning hangover is one of the best feelings on earth. As someone who [...]

Giving up tradition
19/04/11 • 3 Comments

Mmmm creme de menthe Each year my family and I – as well as our significant others head – to our beach house for the Easter long-weekend where we consume vast amounts of alcohol, laze around and have a grand old time. We have fish for Good Friday dinner, eat hot-cross buns with jam and cream for breakfast, head to the beach during the days and booze and barbecue at night-time. But one of my favourite Easter traditions is on Sunday morning when we cut the top of Easter eggs and fill them with liquers such as creme de menthe and Baileys.It is tres delicious! Obviously I won’t be partaking in this particular tradition this weekend, however I am a little concerned I will relent and end up having ‘just one’. Either that or I will go into a sugar/chocolate coma from scoffing far too many Easter eggs as a [...]

Friday work drinks
15/04/11 • 8 Comments

Yippee! I survived my first booze-free Friday-after-work-drinks by sipping on lemon, lime soda waters. Ahhh sadly it just wasn’t the same. I couldn’t relax, I barely spoke and the old social anxiety started to rear its ugly head. I also had two cigarettes. So much for it being easier to quit if I stopped drinking. I really do feel like I am boring when I am sober. It is so hard for me to let go and just chill the f*ck out. The whole time I kept thinking when would be an appropriate time to leave. I just had this crazy inner monologue going the entire time. Don’t get me wrong I’m glad I didn’t drink but I don’t want to be the ‘boring’ one I want to be the ‘fun’ one. So how do I have fun without having a few drinks? How do I relax? How do I [...]

I can’t believe I’m referencing a P!nk song ….
14/04/11 • 1 Comment

Lame, I know but this song pretty much sums up how I feel after a big weekend … I don\’t wanna be the girl who laughs the loudest Or the girl who never wants to be alone I don\’t wanna be that call at four o\’clock in the morning \’Cause I\’m the only one you know in the world that won\’t be home Aahh, the sun is blinding I stayed up again Oohh, I am finding That\’s not the way I want my story to end I\’m safe Up high Nothing can touch me But why do I feel this party\’s over? No pain Inside You\’re my protection But how do I feel this good sober? I don\’t wanna be the girl who has to fill the silence The quiet scares me \’cause it screams the truth Please don\’t tell me that we had that conversation When I won\’t remember, [...]