DOH!

So yesterday morning, I thought I’d drop Jackie a note to check she was still on track. Got the reply that she had caved on the Saturday night. She managed 18 days which is an amazing achievement. Her feedback was that she was thoroughly miserable and abstinence had not made her feel any better. Fundamentally her sleep quality doesn’t improve when she doesn’t drink. I think that’s quite a biggie and I do understand her frustration. I must be lucky in that respect as I pretty much instantly see an improvement in my sleep quality and I generally sleep through he night without the anxious wake-up at 3am that plagues me when I drink alcohol.

Anyway, Steve and I are still on track and have c. 2 weeks of the month left to go. Steve did suggest we could get off the bus too but I refer my honourable judge to my previous post – Failure is not an option.

I tried to order some more Bavaria 0% on Amazon yesterday but it’s out of stock. That tells me there’s a lot of people doing this Stoptober lark. Might need to find a decent alternative at this rate!

Just looked at my Drink Less App which tracks my daily consumption and I have now achieved a total 242 HLDs this year. In percentage terms, that represents 82% of the year sober. Not bad for a ‘blinkin alcoholic’ eh!