Day 111 – I’m Spectacular In My Calculated Failure
Yes. I actually sat down and calculated that I had made it 99.4% of the way to my goal. If that’s not some sort of crazy alcoholic logic, I don’t know what is. Failure was imminent.
Day 33 – Successful Sugar Reckoning
Essentially, the whole strategy of killing off your sugar loving bad bacteria (the ones that live in your gut) involves starving them out by NOT EATING certain foods. You know, foods they love and require: sugar, simple starches, alcohol, fruit (fructose)…
5 Ways The Jones Will Make You Go Broke
According to the National Endowment for Financial Education, 70% of lottery winners or people who receive large windfalls end up broke in a few short years. This generally takes less than five years on average. 30% will declare bankruptcy aka – go broke.
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.
Day 30 – Tantalizing Temptation of Beer, Birthdays, and BBQ
I mean, who doesn’t enjoy an ice cold brewsky on a 100 degree + broiler of a day? Especially when beer seems to literally be at every turn! Yet, there and then I confronted and stared down temptation once more. Me two, beer zero.