Nights in and out
08/10/10 • 3 Comments

I’m about half way through my three months without drinking and to be honest the biggest lesson I’ve learnt through  this experience is being the DD sucks! I don’t mind giving people lifts especially when it’s my friends and they’re throwing in a gold coin donation and I’m usually heading the same way anyways, plus I know a heap of them would do the same for me. So when I think about being taxi in that kind of sense its easy to say yes but after awhile the three am phone calls, mess in my car, spilt drinks, and continously risking my license to over load (only allowed one passenger in the car after 11pm when on red P’s) I’m starting not to bother going out all together. The first thing I noticed when I stopped drinking was the reactions, the next thing was the increased phone calls from friends (who were drinking) [...]

Confidence in not drinking
22/09/10 • 2 Comments

So many people believe that you need to be wasted to have any sort of confidence, which is complete crap! I’ve always thought of confidence and alcohol on different levels. Confidence to me is that little extra bit of encouragement you get when you get changed into that stunning outfit, the little wiggle your bum does as you strut and the glow you have from smiling because you actually feel good about yourself. On the other hand alcohol to me is supposed to be this casual drink you have to socialise with friends and family but so many people completely abuse this ‘casual’ drink because they believe they will become more confident therefore do more crazy things and have a more enjoyable night.I’ve had many of these night’s were I would abuse the social drink as well but I think I’ve had an epiphany… Before my Hsm I would drink with all [...]

FORGIVE AND FORGET (by Zara Hawley-Hales)
13/09/10 • 1 Comment

The saying ‘forgive and forget’ is a simple and beautiful rule to overlook mistakes (that usually everyone makes). I believe in this little quote as I believe we shouldn’t continue to live the regrets from the occassional lapse in judgement we have… A sober observation that I have made so far is that all of us do really silly things when we are drunk (duh!). I have done many of these silly things like everyone else and it is the next day that the regrets and hangover kick in. The fight that never should of started, the stupid joke that has now blown up into a big deal, etc. The apologises and understanding you have with your friends the couple of days after is where I think this line ‘forgive and forget’ comes into play. Why keep having the say arguement with the people you love? Forgiving and forgetting in my opinion is really [...]

PHOTOS AND IMPRESSIONS (by Zara Hawley-Hales)
07/09/10 • 5 Comments

Hey my name is Zara (Hawley-Hales) and I have just recently joined HSM. It has taken me nearly a week to sort out all this online stuff since I haven’t had internet due to moving recently. So sorry for the delay on my first post but here it is… I have this gorgeous wooden box my parents brought me when I was younger which has some baby clothes, photos, school report cards and every other keepsake inside it you can imagine, on top of this box are a few of my many billion photo albums… Anyone who knows me well enough understands how much I adore my photos. I love my photo’s not because of the very vain reason’s of how stunning you looked at that present moment (though I don’t hate those types of photo’s either) but because of the memory at that time. If the memory is good [...]