Highland Fling (What else was I going to call a blog about going to Scotland?)

So last night I got back from Edinburgh where I went for my first lad's weekend away with some of my mates. It was a fun, fairly chilled weekend and a great break from work, which has been bumming me out a bit recently. I'd spent Friday packing and getting ready and was picked up …

A Brief Fall From The Wagon

165 days. It was about 167 days ago that after getting completely blitzed at a house party I woke up feeling rough and worried about my drunken behaviour, and so I vowed to go straight edge. To be honest there was little or no temptation to drink for the first few weeks, the embarrassment and …

10 Things I Learnt On My First Straight Edge Night Out

So last night was the biggest challenge in the straight edge era thus far, as I was going on a night out on the town. Up until now I've only had to resist the booze in the house, a handful of pub visits and meals out and when I've gone round my Mum's. I was …

Dry

Its been just over 3 months since I went straight edge, and reading back on the first post I wrote about it I think I should probably go into more detail about some stuff I was a little uncomfortable about discussing last time. Its been a fairly easy 3 months, as I haven't had any …

Hour of Power: Boozing and Running.

Back when I was a student there was a drinking game that my friends and I would play called the "hour of power", the rules of which were very simple- Every player has a shot glass Every player gets a pint (beer or cider) The players pour a shot of their beverage and drink it. …

Wagons roll!

Urghhhhhhh. I'm slowly starting to recover from drinking far too much last night. I don't remember how much I drank, but it was a lot. So much that I can remember leaving someone an answerphone message but not what I actually said, which is incredibly worrying. And this morning at around 7am I was sick …