Saturday, June 17, 2006

Trying to stay sober

This might seem like an odd post – I don’t normally discuss my personal life here I just try to pimp my books and post random pics and the like but recently something interesting has happened, I can spend a night sitting in a pub bantering with people etc…
Without getting pissed, I just sit there drinking coke whereas before I would get slaughtered until I couldn’t think anymore on a near daily basis.

I have been struggling for a long time to stop drinking at one point I couldn’t cope without the damn stuff, I would feel great for a bit (whilst drunk) but then I would slide into depression afterwards which would take days to shake off…. and I just decided it wasn’t worth it anymore.

I let drinking become a part of my identity I would never be seen without a drink in hand,
But I let it become a problem I started letting it test friends patience with drunken antics which stopped being funny and started becoming downright scary.

(I’m really sorry for puking on your steps Sid, and cheers for finding me that night as well!)

This isn’t me being preachy at anyone I’m not anti drinking at all.

And I have a lot of friends who have stuck around and helped me pull me head out of my ass but I have lost a few people very close to me because of the way I was (if that makes any sense?)

I don’t know how long this sobriety will last

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