My name's Will and I'm a social alcoholic. It's been five months, 0 days and 11 hours since my last drink.
Five months without booze. Unbelievable. I really needed a pick-me-up and I think this is it. Just one month to go and I'll have reached the halfway point, after which most journeys become easier.
Going without booze during my week of unemployment continues to be made easier by this crappy cold.
Gregg, Hannah, Jimmy and (a very pregnant) Tam came for dinner last night, and I was not even remotely tempted to drink. I think this must be down to the blocked nose, as it is usually torture to catch a whiff of other people's wine or beer, particularly in the first few rounds.
The only other moment of temptation was when Jimmy informed me that he had used his pen - which I had just been holding - to collect fragments of freshly spattered brain from a crime scene just a few hours earlier. That sort of information could usually justify a cleansing nip of whisky - just to wash away the thought - but I had to make do with apple juice. And some soap for my hands, obviously.
Should I be pleased or worried that my body has 'forgotten' the very concept of alcohol? It barely registered in my brain (untouched by biro so far, thankfully) last night. I feel like I have forgotten what various drinks taste like, I have forgotten how it feels to be drunk, and I have forgotten why I used to drink so regularly.
On the one hand, I must be getting healthier. On the other, I am destroying my life's work.
This is all getting a bit psycho-analytical. Maybe the second half won't be as easy as I thought.
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Another quality post - well done. At the end of it you should announce where you will be for your first drink so that all the regular readers can see you make a complete fool of yourself - you'll probably be well gone after a couple of pints. You'll probably have all your drinks paid for as well. On a separate note, it's a shame your column in the echo has finished, it was about the only decent thing in it.
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