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I sat on my couch last night until about 11:45 when Theresa got off of work. We then went out to Y-Not III, arriving well after midnight. There was a "private party" that I was randomly invited to happening upstairs there, but I don't really think it was "private". Chris and David were DJing, and I knew probably half of the people there. It was a pretty fun dance party environment, but a little crowded at times. Later in the night, we walked around in search of others. We first stopped at BBC to find a few of Theresa's old high school friends, and we then stopped at Church on Murray where it was most definitely widdled down to a few very very drunk people just sitting around having drunken conversations. It was really good to see all of the people that I saw, but I wish i would've seen a few more.
I still think of New Years Eve as "Amateur Night."
Along with every other similar night (Halloween/Summerfest/etc), I would be perfectly happy spending the evening playing apples-to-apples or something similarly amusing with a number of close friends than trying to live up to the alco/consumer-induced pressure to HAVE FUN HAVE FUN HAVE FUN! because the pressure kills it for me.
The way I see it, we are all fun/amusing/outlandish/extroverted social drinkers WAAAAY more often than Jane and Joe Suburbia, so let them have their couple nights a year where they get all gussied up and drive into the city to experience the crazy-fun lives we are constantly living year-round.
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Despite the going-out last night and the whatnots, I remain committed to sobriety and general "taking it easy" after my typical pattern of being sick, getting better, then making myself sick again.
This time I stupidly re-sickened myself by drinking in the cold rain before/at the Packers/Vikings game (which was the day after I finished my antibiotics), then proceeding to get very little sleep on top of even more drinking for 3 straight days before things caught up to me. My goal is to hold out until Saturday and re-evaluate then. I'm feeling about 75% at this point.
In DJ's theme of "taking stock" I have really enjoyed this break, mainly because it's proven to me that I don't need it and that i CAN handle being around people who are drinking when I'm not. I've always said I have no intentions of drinking my entire life, and I mean it for very personal reasons.
I know now that I'll have no problem stopping when I decide to stop, and in the past I've questioned that.
unrelated, spidey 3 trailer doesn't have me as jazzed for the new flick as I was for the last two.
I still think of New Years Eve as "Amateur Night."
Along with every other similar night (Halloween/Summerfest/etc), I would be perfectly happy spending the evening playing apples-to-apples or something similarly amusing with a number of close friends than trying to live up to the alco/consumer-induced pressure to HAVE FUN HAVE FUN HAVE FUN! because the pressure kills it for me.
The way I see it, we are all fun/amusing/outlandish/extroverted social drinkers WAAAAY more often than Jane and Joe Suburbia, so let them have their couple nights a year where they get all gussied up and drive into the city to experience the crazy-fun lives we are constantly living year-round.
...
Despite the going-out last night and the whatnots, I remain committed to sobriety and general "taking it easy" after my typical pattern of being sick, getting better, then making myself sick again.
This time I stupidly re-sickened myself by drinking in the cold rain before/at the Packers/Vikings game (which was the day after I finished my antibiotics), then proceeding to get very little sleep on top of even more drinking for 3 straight days before things caught up to me. My goal is to hold out until Saturday and re-evaluate then. I'm feeling about 75% at this point.
In DJ's theme of "taking stock" I have really enjoyed this break, mainly because it's proven to me that I don't need it and that i CAN handle being around people who are drinking when I'm not. I've always said I have no intentions of drinking my entire life, and I mean it for very personal reasons.
I know now that I'll have no problem stopping when I decide to stop, and in the past I've questioned that.
unrelated, spidey 3 trailer doesn't have me as jazzed for the new flick as I was for the last two.