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14-01-2012, 09:50
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Thisweek, the government said that we should have two dry days (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9000827/Drinkers-should-have-two-dry-days-a-week-say-MPs.html) a week. This meansno booze.
Ialways have a few dry days a week. I try to get three dry days between Sundayand Thursday, if I can. I will get home on time and then also do some exercise.It’s for balance. It’s easy to drink too much, to do damaging things to preciousparts of the body. Dry days also make me feel better – I don’t wake up with afoggy head and I don’t go to bed late or have a restless sleep which means Ican get up early and do stuff, like write this or go for a run. It’s likehaving days when I’ll have green food from the fridge instead of orange foodfrom the freezer. Balance.
However,by having the booze-free days the drinking days seem to get heavier to make upfor it. I won’t have one bottle while watching TV, I’ll have three or four orfive, notebook open by my side ready to write anything which the beer stirs inme. The after work pint turns into three. The glass of wine becomes a bottle. Thebalance tips too far. It’s not a deliberate or spiteful ‘I’d better make up forthe dry days’ decision to drink more, it just happens that way. This is Fridayand Saturday drinking. So two dry days and two drunk days. The others will be abottle of beer, rarely more. So for a couple of days I’m doing good, but foranother couple I’m bingeing, which is less good.
Ineed the dry days to feel balance. If I drink every day of the week then I feelrough.
Are dry days part of your week or do you drink rightthrough? When you do drink, is one beer where you start and finish or do you havea few (or a few too many)?
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Thisweek, the government said that we should have two dry days (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9000827/Drinkers-should-have-two-dry-days-a-week-say-MPs.html) a week. This meansno booze.
Ialways have a few dry days a week. I try to get three dry days between Sundayand Thursday, if I can. I will get home on time and then also do some exercise.It’s for balance. It’s easy to drink too much, to do damaging things to preciousparts of the body. Dry days also make me feel better – I don’t wake up with afoggy head and I don’t go to bed late or have a restless sleep which means Ican get up early and do stuff, like write this or go for a run. It’s likehaving days when I’ll have green food from the fridge instead of orange foodfrom the freezer. Balance.
However,by having the booze-free days the drinking days seem to get heavier to make upfor it. I won’t have one bottle while watching TV, I’ll have three or four orfive, notebook open by my side ready to write anything which the beer stirs inme. The after work pint turns into three. The glass of wine becomes a bottle. Thebalance tips too far. It’s not a deliberate or spiteful ‘I’d better make up forthe dry days’ decision to drink more, it just happens that way. This is Fridayand Saturday drinking. So two dry days and two drunk days. The others will be abottle of beer, rarely more. So for a couple of days I’m doing good, but foranother couple I’m bingeing, which is less good.
Ineed the dry days to feel balance. If I drink every day of the week then I feelrough.
Are dry days part of your week or do you drink rightthrough? When you do drink, is one beer where you start and finish or do you havea few (or a few too many)?
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