There was a time when my weekend started by going out Friday night getting drunk and carried on until Sunday ‘enjoying’ myself to excess without a thought for the future! Here’s how a weekend pans out nowadays, as soon as I finish work its time to take Lincoln to cricket 6 till 8 followed by […]
Definition: Harley Street is a street in Marylebone, central London, which has been noted since the 19th century for its large number of private specialists in medicine and surgery. It was named after Thomas Harley who was Lord Mayor of London in 1767. [From Wiki] I have been back blogging 8 days and I have […]
I watched Lincoln at gymnastics last week and was amazed how supple he was, even after 12 months out he stood with his back to the wall leant back put his hands on it and walked them down to the floor into crab as if he hadn’t been away? This week it was: Warm up […]
…or delete their social media history before picking the stone up. There is a huge amount of “famous” people being taken to task in the media because of historic texts that contain subject matter that offends someone in the world even though the person was a teenager or slightly older and is now late 20s […]
When I was at my lowest and struggling to find my place in the world after losing my first wife, suddenly, everything seemed so hard with people telling me “Life must go on” yet it was hard living on my own it was just not something I ever contemplated or wanted! My mood had a […]
I just looked at the first 4 ‘new’ posts and I want to change the focus from why I started blogging again to what floats my boat now and think it might be interesting is look back on older post and dissect what has changed and how we have changed as people and as a […]
Since I was 17 years old I have drank, on a regular basis, sometimes in moderation and sometimes not so 34 years of drinking and now I have decided to stop for one year… I did ‘Dry January’ once and it was very tough not because I needed a drink but to stop the festivities […]
Not saying its been an easy 3 days but it’s only been 3 days, I can still remember Friday nights feeling of drunkeness and the great time we had! I am having regular thoughts of “triggers” moment that will be difficult to negotiate, last night I was watching football Jamie had gone to bed and […]
Woke early for a Sunday because yesterday was wasted being hungover and I needed to get washing done for school tomorrow and clear the kitchen of last nights tea. Remembrance Sunday always has a visit to the British Legion attached to it but today we decided to skip that to avoid temptation for me more […]
Quitting Day 1 – Today I began my attempt at #oneyearsober the most frightening thing I think I have ever tried! The idea has been in my mind for a while although not a year but to just quit for a while just to show myself (and others) that I can, but I always feel […]