7 Surprising Truths About My Year of Sobriety
NEXT WEEK MARKS 12 MONTHS since I quit the booze. Again. You’ve heard of yo-yo dieters? Well I guess my thirties has seen me operate at both ends of the drinking spectrum. On the boozing extreme, I would have binged hard but limited the damage to weekends. How bad did it get? Well, blackouts were […]
‘Quit Lit' and the Origin of Zombies
I’VE BEEN OFF THE BOOZE since December 2017. This isn’t the first time I’ve joined the ranks of the teetotal. On other occasions (I was off it for a year while living in Colombia), I trialled the lifestyle and for one reason or another, always found myself slipping back into old habits. Familiar company.
100 Days of Sobriety
NORMALLY I DON’T LIKE to put time-frames on events. It implies that you’re waiting for a future moment, some golden landmark where you can take stock and tell everyone how great you are and then sigh before looking at the next timed milestone, hoping you won’t lapse. Nothing wrong with planning ahead but when a […]
Equipping a Sober Shield
My January detox has come and gone with relative ease and it is with an unfamiliar clarity of thought I sit down and write this on a Sunday morning, free from a hangover. A deeper part of me has also awakened from its dormant state and prompted me to re-evaluate my relationship with alcohol which […]
Straight and Sober in a Gay Bar
I’m a bit of a lightweight when it comes to booze. It only takes me one drink to get drunk. Problem is, I don’t know if it’s the 10th or 11th that does it. Since returning from my nine month holiday where I had the fright of my life, I’ve cut right back on my alcohol […]