IM GOING TO JAPAN! (MEGAN CRAMB)
16/07/10 • 5 Comments

Another Friday night fast approaching!! And Im in the last month of my 3month HSM! I feel a certain sense of achievement about getting this far but know that I’ll still face my share of challenges over the next few wks. I feel that Ive come a long way from the girl who ‘needs a few drinks but once she has had them becomes a completely different outgoing person’. Still have a few inhibitions in my sober state..still not the fun loving crazy person I wish I could be sober. Still an over-thinker, over caring what people think. HOWEVER.. in saying this I’ve had many many good nights out being sober. I have, sadly, been using other substances to enhance my personality (red bull, coffee, smokes etc) so over the last month of my HSM I will eliminate all these.. ok the occasional redbull or coffee wont be too bad.. [...]

FAREWELL DRINKS? :( [MEGAN CRAMB]
28/06/10 • 2 Comments

Sorry its been so long between posts. I swear I must be the slackest blogger of all time. Next Friday I will hit the 2 month mark! I got excited the other day because I actually thought it was 3 months.. but then realised sadly that I was a month behind I think this says something about how my HSM experience is going. Its a bit of a roller coaster ride for me. Loving the energy and new passions Im pursuing.. but not really enjoying being at the pub surrounded by drinkers.. or being at a party where Im the only one with any kind of awareness. I’ve just about given up going out because of the fact that I’ll be sober. However, if there is enough reason (etc a friend in town) I do venture out and even have a pretty good time. My main goal is to be in [...]

FESTIVALS, RUNNING AND ORIGIN (MEGAN CRAMB)
03/06/10 • 3 Comments

So I am nearing my first month of HSM and the time has literally flown by. I turned 23 last wk and no birthday drinks for me. But I did go to the RIPE festival on my birthday which more than made up for it. I was wondering what a festival stone sober would feel like. I was actually quite worried. But after my 2nd energy drink I rlly didnt feel all that much different from the people around me. It was almost a mission buying an energy drink without alcohol though. After the fourth time of clarifying that I DIDNT want vodka with it I said “is it so hard to believe that I don’t want alcohol?” To which the guy replied “well considering we’re at a festival, yes!” The mud half way up my leg combined with fantastic music and good friends meant (and im gonna say something [...]

The Passion – Megan Cramb
21/05/10 • 4 Comments

Something incredible has happened over the last wk. I’ve become passionate about my life again. Now this might seem a bit weird but I’ll explain. It started when I decided I’d go in the Noosa winter festival ,which is this sat/sun (im in the 5k run). Ive been going to the gym a few times this wk and feeling fantastic because its the first time Ive been doing anything remotely related to fitness in YEARS!!  Ive also reignited my love of the piano and have been playing every day thnx to a website I found where I can print off all my fav songs!! And then today I picked up some canvasses and paint and was going to paint tonight but ended up baking cookies instead. Its weird because tonight has probably been the first friday night ive had at home without getting all agitated and feeling like im missing [...]

Take 2~!!! (MEGAN CRAMB)
10/05/10 • 2 Comments

Clubbing in the harsh lights of sobriety I wonder why I’m doing this??!! Many of my friends have thought it was a weird thing for me to do – “you’re not an alcoholic! you don’t need to give up alcohol”, “as long as you drink in moderation”, “i drink more than you!”… and these things may all be true but i know that this is something I need to do, for myself. So today I’ve started my 3 months for the second time. If I had stuck with HSM I would have been finished on the 22nd of this month. But I didn’t. A part of me is upset that I didn’t. Another part of me is proud that I’m not giving up all together and that I’m giving it another go. Why did I drink? I was sick of being the sober driver. My friends getting wasted and leaving me. [...]