April 2012
13 posts
“It’s a great advantage not to drink among hard drinking people.”
– ― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Apr 18th
2 WEEKS
2 weeks down. 50 to go. All is well-ish with the world. 
Apr 18th
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...
Apr 16th
“Being sober on a bus is, like, totally different than being drunk on a bus.”
– Ozzy Osbourne
Apr 12th
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
Apr 12th
“Laughter is day, and sobriety is night; a smile is the twilight that hovers...”
– Henry Ward Beecher
Apr 10th
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.
Apr 9th
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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!
Apr 9th
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
Apr 7th
“When you stop drinking, you have to deal with this marvellous personality that...”
– Jimmy Breslin
Apr 7th
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...
Apr 6th
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“Always do sober what you said you’d do drunk. That will teach you to keep...”
– Ernest Hemingway
Apr 6th
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Day 1
Less than 24 hours in.  Dollars saved so far: 0 Productivity gained: I started this tumblr, didn’t I?
Apr 5th
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