G'day Friends,
Well, it's almost been a year since I quit smoking and took a 12 month hiatas from drinking.
I'm pleased to say that with only 3 days of my self-imposed sobriety to go, I have not knowlingly consumed any form of alcoholic beverate since the very early hours of the morning of 15 February 2011. I'll grant that I have drunk a few Lemon, Lime and Bitters over the year, but the small amount of bitters (which contains alcohol) in the drinks doesn't count, as you would need to drink about 50 glasses of it to get the same effect as an glass of wine.
I'm also very pleased to mention that I haven't had a cigarette in that whole time (although being around my Mother and some of my friends, I'm probably imhaling just as much smoke as if I were to have one haha). It's a good feeling to know that I've given up smoking, and successfully completed my year of sobriety (this coming Wednesday), although I must admit that I'm getting a little bit nervous about smoking once I start drinking.
Having organised drinks at a pub just near my building, I see myself more than likely getting fairly drunk, and there's just a small nagging doubt about whether or not I'll keep from smoking when I do. I'm pretty sure I should be fine, but I'm sure most of you know what I mean with the idea of a small nagging doubt.
Well, my weekend has consisted of working day shifts, and going to my friend Jodie's birthday last night. She had drinks at the Burdekin Hotel, which (despite having to line up for 30 minutes to get into) wasn't too bad at all. I think Christina and I walked back to our street at around midnight, so it wasn't a terribly late night, but the red bull that I drank there made for poor quality sleep and I felt a little dusty when I woke up this morning!
Ok, moving along, It's Sunday night and my watch's 24hrs off (between day shifts and night shifts), so I'm trying to stay up as late as possible so that I can sleep well tomorrow before keeping our first night shift.
Life is going well at work, and I'm liking the people on my new watch. They all seem quite fresh and the watch runs smoothly, which is always good.
Suzie is going well, although I'm getting frustrated with trying to get her to be obedient when we are walking in the streets. I'm sure she'll learn after a while, and thankfully a friend trains dogs for a living, so will be able to help me out with ideas :). Regardless, she's a pretty good dog, although has some idiosyncracies that I'll need to break in the short term (like, now that she's found her voice, barking at noises outside of the apartment....which is a little bit indearing.....but more than likely annoying to my neighbours if she's doing it while I'm out!).
Another of my favourites is coming into the apartment to find her on the sofa. I'm trying to spend time sitting with her on the floor, so that hopefully she will realise that the furniture isn't for her....and save me having to rouse on her.
All in all though she's such a great little dog and I'm really glad that I got her :) It's nice to come home and have her look happy to see me, and show interest in what I'm doing as I potter around the house.
Sadly, I think she may be allergic to either her food, or something else in the house, because she keeps licking herself almost raw, the poor thing. (for those who are worried, I'll be changing out her wet food, to see if it's that, then her dry food, and then if they don't work, I'll chat to the vet about what else it could be.
Speaking of the vet, Suzie seems to be getting much better at walking. We generally go for a 20-30 min walk around the dog park in the morning, and a 45min walk in the evening. Which she seems to cope very well with. It's good to think that she's getting enough exercise, as I often wonder if all the dog owners in the park actually walk their dogs around to give them good solid exercise, or if they just take them to the park and consider a little romp in the park to be enough. I think that walking is important for them, and the few web sites that I've read, also speak of it's importance.
Well, I haven't come anywhere near to completing the sobriety list that I made up, so I think I'll just progressively keep going with it, as I have time, until I have completed the whole thing. I'll keep posting to this blog also, though I might have to change the precepts of it to "Online Diary", which is pretty much what it's become for me.
Well, on that note, I think I'll sign off for the night. Take care friends, and I hope that you all have a great week.
Cheers,
Howie..
Well, it's almost been a year since I quit smoking and took a 12 month hiatas from drinking.
I'm pleased to say that with only 3 days of my self-imposed sobriety to go, I have not knowlingly consumed any form of alcoholic beverate since the very early hours of the morning of 15 February 2011. I'll grant that I have drunk a few Lemon, Lime and Bitters over the year, but the small amount of bitters (which contains alcohol) in the drinks doesn't count, as you would need to drink about 50 glasses of it to get the same effect as an glass of wine.
I'm also very pleased to mention that I haven't had a cigarette in that whole time (although being around my Mother and some of my friends, I'm probably imhaling just as much smoke as if I were to have one haha). It's a good feeling to know that I've given up smoking, and successfully completed my year of sobriety (this coming Wednesday), although I must admit that I'm getting a little bit nervous about smoking once I start drinking.
Having organised drinks at a pub just near my building, I see myself more than likely getting fairly drunk, and there's just a small nagging doubt about whether or not I'll keep from smoking when I do. I'm pretty sure I should be fine, but I'm sure most of you know what I mean with the idea of a small nagging doubt.
Well, my weekend has consisted of working day shifts, and going to my friend Jodie's birthday last night. She had drinks at the Burdekin Hotel, which (despite having to line up for 30 minutes to get into) wasn't too bad at all. I think Christina and I walked back to our street at around midnight, so it wasn't a terribly late night, but the red bull that I drank there made for poor quality sleep and I felt a little dusty when I woke up this morning!
Ok, moving along, It's Sunday night and my watch's 24hrs off (between day shifts and night shifts), so I'm trying to stay up as late as possible so that I can sleep well tomorrow before keeping our first night shift.
Life is going well at work, and I'm liking the people on my new watch. They all seem quite fresh and the watch runs smoothly, which is always good.
Suzie is going well, although I'm getting frustrated with trying to get her to be obedient when we are walking in the streets. I'm sure she'll learn after a while, and thankfully a friend trains dogs for a living, so will be able to help me out with ideas :). Regardless, she's a pretty good dog, although has some idiosyncracies that I'll need to break in the short term (like, now that she's found her voice, barking at noises outside of the apartment....which is a little bit indearing.....but more than likely annoying to my neighbours if she's doing it while I'm out!).
Another of my favourites is coming into the apartment to find her on the sofa. I'm trying to spend time sitting with her on the floor, so that hopefully she will realise that the furniture isn't for her....and save me having to rouse on her.
All in all though she's such a great little dog and I'm really glad that I got her :) It's nice to come home and have her look happy to see me, and show interest in what I'm doing as I potter around the house.
Sadly, I think she may be allergic to either her food, or something else in the house, because she keeps licking herself almost raw, the poor thing. (for those who are worried, I'll be changing out her wet food, to see if it's that, then her dry food, and then if they don't work, I'll chat to the vet about what else it could be.
Speaking of the vet, Suzie seems to be getting much better at walking. We generally go for a 20-30 min walk around the dog park in the morning, and a 45min walk in the evening. Which she seems to cope very well with. It's good to think that she's getting enough exercise, as I often wonder if all the dog owners in the park actually walk their dogs around to give them good solid exercise, or if they just take them to the park and consider a little romp in the park to be enough. I think that walking is important for them, and the few web sites that I've read, also speak of it's importance.
Well, I haven't come anywhere near to completing the sobriety list that I made up, so I think I'll just progressively keep going with it, as I have time, until I have completed the whole thing. I'll keep posting to this blog also, though I might have to change the precepts of it to "Online Diary", which is pretty much what it's become for me.
Well, on that note, I think I'll sign off for the night. Take care friends, and I hope that you all have a great week.
Cheers,
Howie..
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