Do we need the social lubricant to glue us together?
17/04/11 • 1 Comment

The first weekend of HSM is winding up, and I went through a couple of situations that screamed boozing. Like a Friday afternoon work-do. God, alcohol never is more attractive after a hard working week. I didnt expect to have cravings (being so fresh in the process) but I was sure a beer would take the edge of and would let me relax into my weekend. Experience taught me though that more often than not Friday work drinks lead to an early take-out, because drinks on an empty stomach feel good but hit hard. Usually if people disperse I just get more booze on the way home and finish off what I started there. After a few phonecalls to recruit drinking buddies. Anyway, we had drinks, I had sparkling water, and it actually was fun. But it was interesting to see that two hours is the average time-frame where people [...]

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The time has come
11/04/11 • 0 Comments

I quit drinking for about 4 weeks because I quit smoking and everytime I quit, I relapse because of booze. Last weekend I went to a party and decided to drink that night. Of course i didn’t stick with the three beers I was planning on drinking and instead got hammered. I’m done with this. In the four weeks I didn’t drink I felt great about myself. When I woke up on Sunday morning I felt the opposite. Needless to say I had a smoke too, which greatly added to my booze-induced depression. I am planning on writing some more later but for now I just want to state my resolution that I won’t be drinking for the coming three months.

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