How many drinks before you have to start again?
14/09/10 • 1 Comment

Now instead of taking the easy way out and lie, and tell you how difficult it has been, I thought I would be blunt. Yes, I have had a beer… and some wine. However!!! With dinner… It still counts doesn’t it. My perception of drinking seems to not apply when I have one to two drinks. That isn’t what we are trying to achieve here, I know. Its difficult to say no to 1. But its proving easier than I imagined to knock back the rest that lead to a night that I would rather forget. Maybe its the Marathon training that has ensured that I do say no to the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, sebenth, afth, n… nyy… nyynnnf beers. Thats good! What happens after the Marathon? Nooooo!!! Temptation! Self-discpline? HELLO SUNDAY MORNING!!! At least without a lot of beers, I haven’t had a cigarette. Plenty of positives to [...]

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HELLO SUNDAY MORNING (PETE MERCURIO)
01/09/10 • 2 Comments

Hello Sunday Morning, Well, I never thought I would become involved in one of Chris’ many projects but especially this one. After many discussions with Chris after midnight in St Kilda – while sober – I have decided to try it out. Why not? I’m 24, studying a Master of Environment and have always resisted becoming super fit as a result of drinking. For the most part, my drinking habits do not inhibit my productive capacity when it comes to career but in reflection, the financial cost has seen me put off buying a surfboard/skiis for many years. As a consequence of drinking heavily I have continued sporadic smoking habits and finding myself in situations with the opposite sex that I wouldn’t have been had I been sober. These two negatives of drinking have never really bothered me before, but my priorities have changed and I am better than that. [...]

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