Hi, my name is Joe and I’ve been dry for two weeks now. Hi Joe.
I had lunch with Joey a while ago, who mentioned that he takes a drinking holiday once a year for a month.. a detox month. Then I visited Will, who told me about Pancake Tuesday.. the last day of indulgence before Lent.. some 40 day fasting thing.
So, this started sounding like a good idea.. maybe just because the idea made sense at the time.
I last stopped drinking in May/June 2007.. which lasted until I went on holiday in Spain in July. Strangely, not everybody was supportive of the idea.. jokingly calling me Joe the Saint.
It’s actually very easy, the only odd part is sipping Appletizer while people offer you wine. It’s been a productive time. Feels good. Try it.
Drinks you may want to try while in bars and clubs:
- Passion Fruit and Soda
- Ginger Ale and Bitters
- Appletizer
- Cola tonic and Ginger beer
..skip the straw.. it’s just wrong.
Makes you wonder what perpetuates the culture of social drinking. I guess the answer is trivially obvious.. it’s how people get laid (-:
I read somewhere that 55% of people are overweight. Looking at the group of woman that attend Mia’s swimming classes, I’m pretty sure most of her little fellow swimming students would not exist if it were not for alcohol, haha.
Maybe I’ll drink again at Balkanology, the resurrection (-:
..and now I have a houswarming party to attend. Have a fun Friday.
“I read somewhere that 55% of people are overweight. Looking at the group of woman that attend Mia’s swimming classes, I’m pretty sure most of her little fellow swimming students would not exist if it were not for alcohol, haha.”
haha, thanks for making my day start with a smile
Hi Keegan
Happy you liked that. I suspect I’m going to get some flack from Mia’s mother about that comment (-;
Yeah thinking back to the days when I had a (very mild form of) hepatitis, I did not drink etc for 6 months. At all. What I remember is the pressure that people put on you, even when you’ve made it clear that you don’t want to (or cannot) drink for the evening but that, thanks, you’re happy all the same. Folks naturally assume there is something wrong with you.
Pancake Tuesday is a blitz. Try it.