my last blog?
19/07/11 • 1 Comment

Well Hi there my HSM blog follower. Yes you get a personal salutation. Howdy, how are you? thats a silly question, everyone always says “good”, some people even say “not much” ……………………… ……………………… i dont think they were listening.  maybe i should lead with a different question. Lets try again.    Howdy,  Do you have any pets? …… whats that?.. “good” you say? oh, your still not listening. im just gunna start talking now and see what you have to say at the end.    So,  Its the 19th of July. I have 3 more days of HSM.  What do i take from my experience? My HSM experience has been a 3 month endeavor, and has taught me the value of alcohol in my life. When do I want a drink, compared to when my friends hand me one and I have little choice but to scull it, or have my [...]

Getting drunk doesn’t fix ANYTHING!
09/06/11 • 0 Comments

The last 7 to 8 weeks of sobriety have taught me that alcohol doesnt help at all when life gives u lemons.   The things that you want to forget, an excuse to do stupid things. Is alcohol the answer to these?     No Why did i think it was?? cause getting drunk made me spend hours trying to get up stairscases? and finding my friends, waiting in line to get another drink or spending the next day laying around with friends feeling sorry for ourselves.  How did that help the situation? If anything being intoxicated has probably made it worse, by acting drunk and irratonal… What we are really doing is trying to keep our mind occupied and keep our thoughts off the things that have been troubling us.There are plenty of other options to do this which dont result in spending too much money, making poor decisions [...]

The first months over !
22/05/11 • 1 Comment

Its been a month now exactly since i started this hello sunday morning challenge, and I must admit it’s been getting very hard lately. I find myself craving a cider or beer much more then i ever did before. I have also noticed just how big a part of my life alochol was, there is rarely a day that goes by that I dont watch my friends drink alcohol, from the safety of my soft drinks or water. I’ve found the most challenging times are those where everyone is relaxing, maybe having dinner, and having just a few drinks. It hasnt been as difficult going out in clubs, i can still go out and jump around and act lke an idiot.    I have learnt that i dont need alcohol to go out clubbing and have fun with my friends, but it is getting much harder to continue this challenge. I [...]

My first weekend!
26/04/11 • 3 Comments

I made it through my first weekend. Consisting of three nights out at houseparties and clubs with friends, and one night at work. LOTS OF TEMPTATION!!!!…. maybe the easter long weekend was a bad time to start HSM.   Friday began with a party at a friends house, and it ended at The Monastry, it was a long night. I was dubbed “Hello designated driver” by Jimmy. Sunday was a very similar story, although ending in Cloudland as instead of Mono.   Getting through work on Saturday night without the idea of a knock off drink at the end of my shift wasnt so bad. It was easier then I excepted, giving me confidence that maybe work isnt going to be as hard to do with Hello Sunday Morning.   Then, because of the long weekend, Fluffy on monday night. Definitely the hardest night to get through. Fluffy has always [...]

Day One
22/04/11 • 0 Comments

OK, so this is happening. I’ve been all talk for the last few weeks, saying that i was going to do Hello Sunday Morning, but its time for action. Here we go!   I have been told by my friends that “drunk tom” is always a fun tom. Does this mean im no fun when im sober? Or that i need lots of alcohol to have fun? And lets face it, no body wants to be that guy, getting carried home by your friends after being found passed out. It always ends the same, waking up feeling sorry for yourself, wishing you hadnt drunk so much.   I hope the next 3 months gives me a better insite into my relationship with alcohol. As a bartender I work with alcohol constantly, and often come home from work smelling of it. I think because i work so closely with alochol i will [...]