April 25th - Doing OK
AGain, been a long time between posts, but I don;t really have anything to write about that I haven't put down before. I've had a rough...
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Aug 16, 2023
August 16 - Things are good, tell my head though
Been a while since I posted, and the main reason being that everything is actually going OK at the moment. I did have a drink in the last...
Jul 7, 2023
July 7 - Bit of a mess
Not really sure where to start today. Just over 2 weeks ago I made the stupid decision to have a drink for "just one evening" that turned...
Jun 20, 2023
June 20 - What happens when I drink?
As I was fighting off cravings in the last week and looking at the benefits and consequences of drinking, I thought it would be good to...
Jun 8, 2023
June 8 - Facing life, it stinks
This week has been a bit crap. I had a great time last week where my eldest son was here from Tuesday to Thursday, then tagged the...
May 26, 2023
May 26 - Why do I drink?
It's not been a great time since I last wrote something, but I'm taking positives from the experience. I did have a drink, but I managed...
May 17, 2023
May 17 - Rocky Times But Still Sober
It's been a tough 10 days since I last wrote anything here, but I've managed to stay the course and not drink. So lets look at the...
May 6, 2023
May 6 - Staying Steady
Here we are, almost two weeks on from my last post, and things have settled down enourmously. Firstly, I've not had a drink, so given...
Apr 24, 2023
April 24 - Starting Over
It's been a while since I posted on here. I thought I was in a great place and had nothing more to say. However this mental illness snuck...
Jan 13, 2023
Week 7 - First Big Wobble
Last week, after I wrote my entry for this blog, I suffered a major wobble. I had some intense alcohol cravings for the first time since...
Jan 6, 2023
Week 6 - Why I hate the word Alcoholic
As the title suggests, this week I want to talk about the word "alcoholic". This came about because a good friend mentioned in an online...
Dec 31, 2022
Week 5 - Things are looking up, where to look for help
This weeks update Christmas has been and gone, and with it a lot of stress and mental strain has gone as well. I said last week I was...
Dec 23, 2022
Week 4 - People want to help, but sometimes don't
Apparently, it takes 28 days to break a habit. Well, I'm past 28 days, though as one friend pointed out, my drinking was a pretty big...
Dec 16, 2022
Week 3 - More struggles as reality kicks in, and how benefits have helped
I'm a bit late this week as I have been really busy. Mostly with hospital appointments, one of which was cancelled when I got there, but...
Dec 7, 2022
Week 2 - Things are a bit harder and I think about attitudes to alcohol problems
It's been a pretty strange week. There have been a lot of trigger points that would normally have set me off drinking, my brain has been...
Nov 29, 2022
Week 1 - 5 days & 17 hours sober
This week it has been pretty easy to not drink, but it always is at this stage. Saying that, it's only been a few days since I really...
Nov 27, 2022
Why am I here writing this?
In November 2022, I saw a consultant at my local hospital for a chat about my liver, and how it's been affected by my drinking. I was...
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