End of the month, and some success.

I know I don't publish often, but I figured it's the end of the month. Which means it's the end of the "better-ment" period.

Last week was amazing. Although I had some relationship difficulties, in the end it was good. The best part about it is that on Sunday I didn't have a single drink. I can attribute that to having so much stuff to do, and no real boredom time to sit and think "I could go for a drink". Monday happened to be Memorial Day, and I ended up being the designated driver. So that was another day of not drinking.

I've known for a while now that if I have stuff to do, I don't drink. It's out of boredom mostly. Now I need to find a way to stay occupied on Sundays. In a town with nothing to do on Sundays, that could be a challenge.

Guess we'll see, won't we?

A grand weekend was had!

It was a whirlwind of activities this weekend. First to Austin for the Spartan Sprint, then to Dallas to relax. So much time spent in the car and traveling though, it doesn't really leave much for actual relaxing. Hopefully this weekend will give some time to relax though.

I didn't do much drinking at all this weekend. I was so busy with all the traveling and the race that I didn't need to. Which is good, because I usually drink out of boredom anyway. So there's that.

Now if only I can work up the nerve to confess my love to my girlfriend. But that's another story altogether.

On the war path!

 I'm on my way to Austin for the Spartan Sprint. It should be a grand time! I can't promise I'll be posting much this weekend, because I won't be around a computer.

I'll be pretty busy this weekend, so it looks promising to have very little drinking. I'll let you know when I get back.

I keep forgetting to post... sorry

So not only does life get busy, but I also forget to post. I'm not used to blogging, and what little time I do have outside of work is usually spent on higher priority things.

This weekend I ran the Warrior Dash. And then drank too much. I know, I know. I'm not doing great on the reduced drinking, even if it was on a Saturday. It also caused the girlfriend and I to have a little discussion. I didn't do anything stupid, so don't worry there.

See, we were camping during the weekend so we would be near the event. So when I passed out after partying, she didn't really have another bed or couch to move to when I did the drunken sleep off. Apparently I rolled around too much, talked/yelled in my sleep too much, and other stuff. Essentially she said "I'm not sleeping next to you next time that happens." So now there's additional incentive to take it easy. I want her next to me.

Other than that and another minor discussion about how busy she is this week, it was a good weekend.

Yesterday was uneventful, and today/most of the rest of this week is going to be uneventful. I'll be running the Spartan Sprint in Austin, TX this weekend so that should be super awesome.

I've lost track of the day...

I  apologize for not blogging of late. I keep forgetting to do it.

Things are going well. It's Thursday, and I'm going camping this weekend/running the Warrior Dash. So that should be fairly awesome.

I'll try to post from the campsite, but no promises.

Day 5: Saved by the girlfriend

I was well on my way to having a paced drinking day, taking care of the chores and what not. Out of the blue, I decided to text the girlfriend to see if she wanted to come over. Sure enough, she did. So rather than be a drunken idiot, I stopped drinking and sobered up.

I need more will power... she won't be here every Sunday for me to use as an excuse.

Day 4: The skip of Day 3

Sorry for the lack of publishing a post yesterday... I got caught up with video games.

All is well in the land. Last night went well, and today is going swimmingly.

Now back to my scheduled video games.

Day 2: The running, oh god the running.

Okay, so the title is a little bit melodramatic. Nothing really happened today. I did a boot camp style workout at lunch, and then went for a 4 mile run with the girlfriend after work. On my way home, I did pass by a liquor store and thought "Man, a cocktail would be nice."

Don't worry though. I just kept on my merry way, got home, ate, and showered. Now I'm puttering around until bed.

Tomorrow is going to be the start of the challenging time. It'll be Friday evening, and with the girlfriend going out of town I'll have nothing to do except entertain myself.

Day 1: Not a great start.

It seems kind of stupid to kick off a blog about curbing my drinking, and then go have a couple drinks. Sadly, that's what happened. Well, I guess it's not really sad considering that I didn't get hammered, drunk, smashed, out of hand, or anything like that.

The girlfriend and I went to a "bottling party" tonight at our local distillery. You sign up to volunteer, get contacted, and if you respond quickly enough you get to help bottle that week's batch of booze. Well, we get onto this week's batch. Part of the party is that they serve you cocktails, pizza halfway through the bottling, and a free fifth of that batch at the end.

So I had a couple drinks at this shindig. Nothing significant, but it's still kind of ironic considering the theme of this blog.

Oh well... tomorrow is a new day, and a new start.

Day 0, Introductions and what not.

You know, considering that I am the "tech savvy" one of the family, you would think that I would have had a blog before this day. Not so friends... this is my first. So what prompted me to make a blog? You can blame it on someone called RokItSumMore. This kind internet stranger is trying to give incentive to other folks to improve themselves, and I figured this would be a good way to start.

You see, it's not just about the contest that I'm entering with this blog. It's about learning to curb a habit of mine that has been rearing its ugly head. We'll get to that monster in a minute. 

Since you don't know me, let me give a little background. I'm a fairly athletic fellow at the strapping age of 32. I lift weights, run, participate in boot camp cardio, hike, and climb our little local mountain. I also watch what I eat, and try to keep abreast of health issues. When I'm not busy doing all that, I'm also watching movies, playing video games, or perusing a little website known as Reddit. These time killers are the components of my life, especially on the weekends.

Now we get to the monster... my foe... my arch enemy if you will. I developed a drinking problem while I was in the military, and curbed it a little while in college. Only a little though.... college being what it is and what not. I've gotten lucky with my drinking, no severe accidents, no DUI's, no public intox's. But it dawned on me when I got out into the professional work force that I shouldn't be drinking as much, especially during the week. So I tempered it down again, and started drinking only the weekends. That still left something to be desired though.

I was still drinking a lot during the weekend. Nothing to do? Let's have one! Yes, I started using it as an "I'm bored, why not get drunk?" excuse. When I realized that, I brought it down again. 

Sadly though, I still drink when I'm bored and have nothing to do. Sometimes it's a lot, sometimes it's a little. The biggest problem I have is that on Sundays, when I'm all by myself, I do drink. It's usually enough to make me hate Mondays with a vengeance.

So that's why I'm here. I'm not saying I'm going to give up drinking. I'm saying that I want to have less drinking on the weekends when there's nothing to do, especially on Sundays. My poor body could use the reprieve.