"Confessions of a Booze Hound: Unveiling the First Day's Diary"

With the last embers of jet lag still flickering coupled with a 4/10 hangover, awoken by the bloody dog, I pulled myself out of bed to go and brew a pot of coffee.

6:48 AM on Easter Monday public holiday… Touches of anxiety, elevated heart rate and a half eaten kabab on the kitchen counter…

Fucking marvelous!

And I have to go and pick up the car in Rose Bay. The plan (which I stuck to) was to run there the long way. The plan didn’t include sinking a dozen schooners of piss in the Steyne Hotel the day before.

Probably the best start imaginable to this experiment, which is to go booze free until the City2Surf in 21 weeks.

I have to add that this is also an early birthday present to myself. I’m turning 50 later this month and it seemed like a good idea.

The purpose of this blog is to keep me focused on the project, to track progress and changes, and jot down lessons leaned and the odd (hopefully) amusing anecdote.

The only data point that I have decided to track is waist circumference- which is just on the 40”. I am hoping that it will get down to circa 36”.