Entries by ALB1970

What if I fail?

Since I was 17 years old I have drank, on a regular basis, sometimes in moderation and sometimes not so 34 years of drinking and now I have decided to stop for one year… I did ‘Dry January’ once and it was very tough not because I needed a drink but to stop the festivities […]

Seeing obstacles

Not saying its been an easy 3 days but it’s only been 3 days, I can still remember Friday nights feeling of drunkeness and the great time we had! I am having regular thoughts of “triggers” moment that will be difficult to negotiate, last night I was watching football Jamie had gone to bed and […]

Remembrance Sunday 2021

Woke early for a Sunday because yesterday was wasted being hungover and I needed to get washing done for school tomorrow and clear the kitchen of last nights tea. Remembrance Sunday always has a visit to the British Legion attached to it but today we decided to skip that to avoid temptation for me more […]

Hungover

Quitting Day 1 – Today I began my attempt at #oneyearsober the most frightening thing I think I have ever tried! The idea has been in my mind for a while although not a year but to just quit for a while just to show myself (and others) that I can, but I always feel […]

Lincoln loses a tooth

What else would we be doing on a Friday night if we didn’t have loose teeth to extract from our sons face?

Stairway to Reagans room (4.1)

On my mind since we finished the work on the stair on Saturday was that were not “quite” ready for the plasterer until the original ladder access hole was plaster boarded

Dyson…Dysoff

A couple of weeks ago our Dyson DC40 Vaccuum cleaner became loud and when I say loud I mean can’t hear yourself think loud in fact louder than Reagan and Lincoln!