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Truth, Dare and Consequences (By Tiff)
05/09/10 • 5 Comments

I’ve been going to type this post for the last seven days and have guiltily put it off…… yes I’m sure you can guess the reason why. I had been going along swimmingly, actually not even missing drinking and then an interesting situation came along. I was in Sydney doing a personal development workshop that challenged me – in a good way (well a week on I can now see that it was in a good way) and had the thoughts of “oh my god I can’t do this”. But of course I knew I could, I was just crapping myself in that particular moment. Therefore, the dare. And yes, of course I did do it, sucessfully, or to the best of my ability anyway. Dare accomplished! And then – as a group we all celebrated our accomplishment with champagne. Just a glass I thought, it’s part of the “experience”. [...]

Well, today marks week 3 on my HSM journey and I’m feeling really great. I have to say I’m actually a little surprised I’m feeling so great. Not sure why – maybe I felt that in some way I would sabotage myself and have a drink…. Don’t get me wrong – at the end of Day 4, got home at 8pm after seeing clients all day, exhausted, would have killed (well maybe just bribed) someone for a nice glass of Sav Blanc or a Southern & Coke. BUT I didn’t. And I still haven’t. What have I learnt to date? That drinking for me is a habit. And not a great one either. One glass, two glasses, hey lets make it another one. A big bad habit. I’m relieved to actually find that out because now I am aware of this I can make a choice that isn’t based on habits [...]

Am I too old for this? (New HSM blogger – Tiff)
11/07/10 • 2 Comments

Well, it’s day 1 of my 38th year. I don’t even really know what a blog is but what the hell, I’ll have a go anyway. I have known Chris Raine for a couple of years now and he from the first day I met him, he inspired me. Then I met the rest of his family, ditto, they all inspire me. And I knew that one day, he would have a message for me. I just had to work out what it was. So, here I am. The day after my 38th birthday and I’m starting a 3 month HSM challenge. I say challenge, because I know it will be. However, it’s a challenge that I need to do and choose to do. I keep telling myself it’s only 3 months, how hard can it be? I have to be honest and say I love to drink. Really love [...]