Ok so this post is long overdue. But to put some closure on the sober year. It was a success. I made it, even though I didn’t write about it until like 3 months later. Back to drinking once again…but not like before. Feels good to have done it when so many in the beginning [...]
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Posted 09 September 2008
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So technically I’ve been sober all the way from July 4th up to now. I say technically since I haven’t willingly agreed to drink any beverage that contains alcohol. However, this past weekend I was tricked. I should have had my guard up, but I was blind sided. Here’s what happened. Friends and I were [...]
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Posted 15 April 2008
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I went through some of my old posts and realized that I never put up some of my tactics for getting out of potential drinking situations while out. I’ve been meaning to so here are some of the things I have learned work. First off, the worst way to avoid drinking, especially if you decide [...]
Well I’ve passed the 160 day mark and it looks good so far. Last weekend I was a little tempted to drink just because I was hanging out with old friends that I used to drink a lot with. However, I was able to bypass the urge by drinking Martinelli’s sparkling cider and taking shots [...]
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Posted 11 December 2007
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It’s late and I need to get some rest, but I wanted to update this blog and state that I’ve already hit my 140th day of sobriety. That seemed pretty fast. It’s interesting to see how sometimes it feels like the days go by so quick and other days it feels like it’s crawling. Either [...]
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Posted 20 November 2007
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I can’t tell if it’s funny or not, but a lot of people think I am or was an alcoholic. Looking at my blog so far it definitely kind of sounds like it. Even before I gave up alcohol for this year I was only a social drinker. I would primarily drink on the weekends [...]
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Posted 12 November 2007
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Well, I made it to triple digits of no drinking. This beats my last record of 45 days by 56 days. So how has it been so far? It’s been dry. Here’s a list of opportunities to drink I chose to pass up: July 4th Celebration Numerous times clubbing Volunteering for a food and wine [...]
This past weekend I had the pleasure of attending a college friend’s wedding. Since it was a college friend’s wedding I got to see and hang out with a lot of old college buddies that I hadn’t seen in a while. It was great being back in Michigan, where I grew up, seeing old friends, [...]
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Posted 11 September 2007
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Letting go of my ego/pride is one of the most difficult things I’ve been learning to deal with. This is especially more difficult when you feel like you are being attacked (either someone attacking your character or an idea you have) even though part of you know that you are in the wrong. My natural [...]
Alrighty…I haven’t updated in a while since I’ve been busy (busy not drinking!). I’m proud to say that I’ve been alcohol free for now a whopping 44 days. I’m about to surpass my previous record of 45 days. This time around seems easier than the first go around. I don’t know if it’s because I’ve [...]
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Posted 16 August 2007
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Hello. My name is Ben Tao. I have random thoughts throughout the day--some amusing, some ridiculous, most are lame. Rather than forget them I've decided to write them down like the other billion bloggers out there. Welcome.