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TTBD 2
You should probably read my post, Taking Those Big Decisions, before reading this one - at least if you want to see where this started. You don’t, like, have to though.
So, today is day 14. Two weeks since I made my pledge and climbed up on the wagon. Up to now it hasn’t been too hard, really. As only a weekend drinker (albeit a fairly heavy one), I haven’t had to change too much. Couple this with the fact that for one of the two weekends so far I was working on Saturday, avoiding drinking has been pretty easy.
I will be falling off the wagon to a degree this coming Saturday, though. It’s a friends birthday and she’s having the traditional all-afternoon barbecue get-together type-thing. You know, lots of friends and family, kids, maybe even a dog or two, with lots of food and lots of drink. It would be churlish - nay, insulting - to not raise a celebratory glass or two at such an occasion.
I promise, though, that I will try to exercise some moderation and this will be the only hiccup in the June Project. Honest.
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Actually, the other thing I was going to talk about was people’s attitude when you tell them that you’re not drinking at the moment. I suppose some people find it hard to believe that someone who is known for liking a drink, would just suddenly want to give it up. The fact that I might be thinking of my health for a change - or even just thinking of my pocket - doesn’t seem to quite sit with them.
The major factor that seems to cause the problem is the complete stop, rather than a cutting down, a moderation. I agree that it might seem an extreme way to go about it, and perhaps that is bound to fail, but I know what I’m like. I backslide easily if the possibility is there; if there’s beer in the house, I’ll drink it in the shortest time possible. None of this making a six-pack last three or four nights - one night, it’s gone.
But if I completely cut myself off, there’s no beer in the fridge and I won’t drink (because I’m too lazy to go to the shop and buy any). So, abstinence works for me. And anyway, I’ve been doing moderation by just drinking at the weekends, but my intake was creeping up to levels that I wasn’t happy with.
Their attitude seems to be that they expect me to fail, and maybe I will, but let me try, OK? Rather than trying to make me go in a pub on a Saturday lunchtime, or trying to get me to buy beer when I go shopping, why not go along with my decision? Now is the time to say “Yeah, it’s about time. You’re a complete dick when you drink, so don’t do it for a while. Good choice.!” Or is that too much to ask?
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