'One Last More' The Secret Diary of a Working Wino

  Dry January, when you are on an alcohol free mission, is a bloody doddle.  No one has any money to go out, hibernation is a post-holiday must for the majority and this includes the Sun which barely can be arsed making an appearance for more than five hours a day. Its dark at 4pm, bed by 7pm watch a bit of Vera, sleep by 9pm, bored but Sober.  It’s not really that difficult.   February………. well that’s a completely different fuck-a-dory story.    All the January 'dryer outerers',  are now knee deep in discount drinks and clearly relishing in the reverse January mentality, becoming moister than a fucking oyster every hour.   February is hardcore.  Valentines Chocolates and Bottles of Bubbly adorn the TV, the Shops and the Soaps – Sally Webster I must add, clearly has a drink problem and can be seen glugging from an array of shit, chipped wine glasses every episode, whist whining at Tim about his health....... anyway I digress back ...

  Sober Sue’s review on being Sober Curious in January, saying a fond farewell to the excruciating Hang…xiety attacks from the Morning after the night before and why I will be continuing smashing the back door into February.   Apologies to my Rainbow friends if that sentence sounds a tad kinky, it’s the Month of Love I know,   but I have deleted, Recorking, Recapping and Reversing already and running out of non-sexual innuendoes that scream Take February by the Horns, enter forcefully and join a new Curious Crew gaining Momentum, the Spitters and not the Swallowers into sobriety living………………   Whilst I have a cold shower and a much needed lie down, Here are my five January Wins from no more Gins.   The Wine Witch Bitch is gone Irene controlled the vast days of my past drinking life like an overbearing, most irritating, pushiest PTA Mother fucker known to man. There she was reliably over exaggerating my talents whenever possible, ‘Oh you ...