Sober October – It’s Baaaaaaack!
“Sober October?” I reflected. I had never heard the term, but somehow I felt myself drawn to it. By this point in the pandemic I was drinking like a fish nearly every night and a break from alcohol seemed alluring.
Dominic’s Very Dry January – Part 1
I almost titled this post: Dominic’s Very Very Quite Dry and Incredibly Boring January – Part 1, but I thought that would sound whiny and complainy, so Dominic’s Very Dry January Part 1 it is.
Day 2 – Fighting to be Alcohol Free
Despite the meditation taking the edge off, I needed a distraction. Something to think about other than drinking. Looking around the family room, I saw our long neglected Wii sitting off to the side of the tv.
Day 44 – Take Time to Create a Winning Morning Routine
She proceeded to declare how f*’d up the company is and how incompetent the managers are. She spewed on and on. Negative this and idiots that. I just sat there and listened patiently. It was just sound to me. It wasn’t good or bad, simply noise, like a distressed little bird chirping for help. I felt bad for her. She really seems like she is suffering.
Day 48 – Drowning in a Swirling Sea of Emotion
I have to admit, quite embarrassingly, that during the hundreds of nights we spent in the mountains playing for hours on end, I was binge drinking myself stupid. So much of the creativity and character development came as a result of me drinking beer the entire time. And it worked, because once I was a few beers deep, I completely let go and became a child again myself.