Once again, at the start of another tedious and miserable year, I join the thousands of other hapless people throwing themselves from the cliffs of despair and make my resolutions, which will require me sacrificing all that makes life bearable in the hope of becoming a Better Person (TM).
Once again, the one at the top of the list is *Drink Less*. Perhaps, gentle reader, I should accept that - due to its recurrent nature at the top of the list - it is a New Year's resolution that is as doomed to failure as giving Pete Doherty a rehabilitation order. But being doomed to failure is the hallmark of the tradition British resolution, so at the top of the list it stays.
I have not drunk a drop of alcohol since approximately 2.30am on New Year's Day. That is *almost* 45 hours. I am currently drinking a glass of *water*. Apparently, due to the withdrawal of alcohol from my system, I am due to die of heart failure at any moment, so I may never finish making this post...( Read more... )
Once again, the one at the top of the list is *Drink Less*. Perhaps, gentle reader, I should accept that - due to its recurrent nature at the top of the list - it is a New Year's resolution that is as doomed to failure as giving Pete Doherty a rehabilitation order. But being doomed to failure is the hallmark of the tradition British resolution, so at the top of the list it stays.
I have not drunk a drop of alcohol since approximately 2.30am on New Year's Day. That is *almost* 45 hours. I am currently drinking a glass of *water*. Apparently, due to the withdrawal of alcohol from my system, I am due to die of heart failure at any moment, so I may never finish making this post...( Read more... )