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Goodbye Sunday Morning… (by Pete Furst)
29/08/10 • 4 Comments

It’s my sad duty to let you all know that I fell off the wagon. I wasn’t sure if I should admit it or not, but I figure my conscience will last with me much longer than your disappointment. Who knew that going from drinking everyday to not drinking at all would be so hard? I expected a challenge but it goes beyond that. You need to develop whole new ways of socialising, relieving stress, enjoying meals, everything. My advice to anyone about to start HSM would be to go a couple of weeks just drinking once a week to prepare yourself for the three month marathon. I’m now going to start again at the beginning, and I know it’s going to be tough again.

HOW MANY ENERGY DRINKS IS TOO MANY? (BY PETER FURST)
18/08/10 • 2 Comments

Well I’m into week two of my sobriety challenge. I’m happy to say that I’ve moved past the stage of being annoyed and frustrated that I’m not drinking, though I’m not yet at the point where I’m happy about it either. Hopefully it will come, I guess when I start to feel the health benefits of this choice. You never really realise how much drinking is a part of nearly everything we do – start of semester socials, lunch with friends, hanging out on campus – until you stop drinking. As promised, I wanted to say a little bit about one of the motivations for me accepting what many would believe (and have told me) is a ridiculous challenge. American dissident, Henry David Thoreau, decided to give up the luxuries of his home to go and live by a pond in the bush. He wrote: “I went to the woods [...]

AND WE’RE UNDER WAY (by Peter Furst)
11/08/10 • 1 Comment

A friend who no longer drinks told me to make sure I started my stretch with a hangover, and boy did I honour his advice. Monday was an awful day, though not one on which I had any desire to drink. The first test came on Tuesday. After a stressful day joining my friends at the university bar to watch them drink was frustrating… and unfortunately my number one method for dealing with frustration is drinking so I was caught in a no win situation. I guess I’m going to have to find another way to deal with it. The challenge continued with countless offers of free drinks and then of course the rounds of drinking games that seem central to living on campus. But I made it through. To be honest, right now I’m missing having a drink. I missing going out with my friends tonight to share a [...]