Its been a week since I had a drink. This has beenthe first weekend since the Christmas holidays where I havent had a bottle of wine. I am more excited aboutmaking itthrough the weekend than the fact its been 7 days.I even ha [...]

Ok, so…I started my first crack at 6 months of HSM on the first of January this year. I managed 17 alcohol free days until I started inventing all kinds of excuses to start drinking again. From the classic ‘I̵ [...]

ooooeee! A long time has passed since I have hopped on to HSM. I am 5 months in and I guess it’s a good sign that I’ve stopped counting & had to stop and work that out. I am really impressed how many new HSMers th [...]

Week one is over! It’s been a busy week, workwise and professionally, and it wasn’t as hard as I thought! I caught up w numerous people during the week, and drank soda water. I slept really well, and was really fr [...]

Here is a quick blog inspired by a positive experience today. After attending a Triathlon this morning, a day at the races followed. Corporate hospitality of course! Very much a drinking occasion. Interestingly, the feeling o [...]

I’m pretty pleased that by keeping myself busy I’ve lasted another week. I will be blogging from now on at http://easeuponthedrink.tumblr.com because the interface it’s just easier for me. Cheers

I apologise for this post being very little about alcohol, but right now I just feel the need to churn something out that is killing me. In the last week, I have gone from having 3 really good male friends, to none. All 3 of [...]

Apparently the last post I made did not come out well – so here it is again.Thanks for letting me know Claire. I have mentioned in the past about my hobby, photography. Figures I should share a shot here at some stage: [...]

It’s been a long week. Was fine the first couple of days then really, really tired. No ‘go’ whatsoever. No sugar highs rushing me through the day, probably. Was invited out to a dinner last night. Had consid [...]

Well I’ve just passed the 1 month mark last Wednesday and it feels great. I have so much energy and have only craved a drink once or twice. I’m very lucky to have a suportive husband (thanks Ben) who helps me stay [...]

I’m looking to the sky to save me Looking for a sign of life Looking for something to help me burn out bright I’m looking for a complication Looking cause I’m tired of trying Make my way back home when I lea [...]

I think that is a cue for me but I do want to get a lot done so I will just take my time and do one thing before I get sidetracted onto something else. I was so glad that I did not give into temptation yesterday. I could have [...]

Two weeks down, and 10 to go! Sounds better, than talking about the number of sleeps to go ha ha. I would have loved to have joined my hubby and daughter last night as they ‘clearly’ enjoyed their wines ):

It reached 42o today in Alice so it was HOT HOT HOT. The day started with a 5km walk around the Todd River before the sun got too hot. Then it was our usual breakfast at Page 27, followed by boring domestic duties. Booked int [...]

I feel a bit poetic lately, forgive me. I watched Bright Star, a brilliant movie about John Keats. It was stunningly shot and amazingly well acted. After I finished crying my eyes out I very nearly packed my bags to move bac [...]

Back at work, trying to keep up the exercise and having fun from the holidays. Being restructured at work and have to start study and these things might do me well or it might eb time to move on. I am trying to be more in the [...]

Well its been two weeks since I had my last drink, I haven’t missed it at all. except for this evening I was very close to having a beer. However I made myself stop as I knew I would be very cross with mysef if I did. 2 [...]

I am 2 days shy of my fifth HSM week and 23 days into My Fitness Pal. Today I went to my 4 year old great neices birthday celebration. I had something low cal to eat before I went and took my own water and lemon lime and bitt [...]

So happy, today I handed in a 10,000 word paper for a Masters subject, several days before it was due. I work full time and study one subject each semester, so I wanted to get the paper over and done with so that it wasn̵ [...]

I’m in my 3rd week working at Hello Sunday Morning. I feel honoured to be part of a team that will grow Hello Sunday Morning throughout 2012 with corporate and community support. Everyday I get to talk to people about m [...]

Well, its Satuday afternoon. By now I would normally be heading to the supermarket to get another bottle of wine after drinking one last night. I dont drink through the week – its a weekend thing. Tempting… but as [...]

I signed up to quit all alcohol for one year from the first of January 2012.I actaully stopped mid-December 2011.My wife was due to give birth to our third child and the night her waters broke,we were at home around 10pm on a [...]

Five weeks – check

I keep having doubts now. I think that I am becoming boring and stay in and watch TV now in the evenings instead of going out. Last night I went to a concert at the festival hall with some friends which was lovely and they dr [...]

Realised that I’ve gone over a month without drinking already. Hasn’t been to bad to be honest. Feeling alot healthier generally, especially after about four weeks. Had a lot of exams recently that have been going [...]

“Hey, hey, hey… pop another bottle, fill another cup, hey, hey, hey, we don’t give a damn, no we don’t give a fuck” Normally I love writing, but this week I haven’t wanted to. Mostly becaus [...]

Month 2. So largely I have pretended my way through the HSM thus far. I haven’t proclaimed ‘I am not drinking!’ with gusto, at parties. I have simply taken my fake beer and fake wine and socially consumed my [...]