April 2012
13 posts
It’s a great advantage not to drink among hard drinking people.
– ― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
2 WEEKS
2 weeks down.
50 to go.
All is well-ish with the world.
DAYS 8-12
Bet you thought I bailed…and by ‘you’, I mean the 2 people actually reading this. Well, I didn’t. I’m still here—-and fast approaching the 2 week mark. And you know what 2 weeks means: only 50 weeks left in 2 days!
Here are some highlights from the past 5 days:
I saved a good $50 - $100.
I spent a good $300 - $500 on things I don’t really need.
And by...
Being sober on a bus is, like, totally different than being drunk on a bus.
– Ozzy Osbourne
DAY 7
And on the 7th day…
Sleep: never sounder
Productivity: never higher
Goals: to turn my gained productivity and new found rest into more interesting posts
Laughter is day, and sobriety is night; a smile is the twilight that hovers...
– Henry Ward Beecher
DAY 5
Money saved: $20 & counting
Sleep: solid 7.5 hrs & I did NOT snooze this am!
Productivity gained: I said, I didn’t snooze this am.
DAY 4
Today is Easter. Luckily, it’s a holiday that easily allows you to substitute candy eating for booze consuming.
Hours of sleep gained: Definitely upwards of 5
Hydration gained: 2 bottles
Productivity gained: I’m pledging to not snooze tomorrow am!
DAY 3
Dollars saved: 0-ish
Hours of sleep gained: 3-ish
Happiness level with 1 being most unhappy & 13 being most happy: 11.5
When you stop drinking, you have to deal with this marvellous personality that...
– Jimmy Breslin
Day 2: Waxing Nostalgic
Here are a few things I will miss…being that I’m only 2 days in, I don’t really miss them too much yet. So best to talk about them now before the mere mention of one of them could push me off the wagon.
Wine. Lots of it.
Margaritas. And by margaritas I mean tequila.
Champers. Everything about it. Especially the way it looks.
Guiness. It’s just good.
Farewell old...
Always do sober what you said you’d do drunk. That will teach you to keep...
– Ernest Hemingway
Day 1
Less than 24 hours in.
Dollars saved so far: 0
Productivity gained: I started this tumblr, didn’t I?