Top 5 Temporary Teetotaller Responses
B.G. MitchellToday is Day 162 of my Year of Living Sober. Back around Day 60 (wow, 100+ days ago!) I posted a list called the ‘Top 5 Teetotaller Responses When Offered A Drink’. Since I hadn’t heard of...
View ArticleHow Giving Up Alcohol Makes You Vulnerable: 5 Things I’ve Learned So Far
B.G. Mitchell“It’s soda water actually!” Today is Day 174 of my Year of Living Sober. As I continue along towards my goal of spending at least one year of my adult life completely booze-free I am...
View ArticleWhat’s the real cost of booze on your body?
B.G. MitchellKeeping track of each individual sober day I’ve had since beginning this adventure (by marking them off on my YOLS calendar) I was especially happy recently when I noticed I’d passed the...
View ArticleHow I’m just like v. good boozer Bridget Jones
B.G. Mitchellv. happy I don’t always drink to get drunk. I don’t and I didn’t. Before embarking upon my Year of Living Sober I could sometimes drink one stubbie of beer and then a couple glasses of...
View ArticleCould you give up chocolate for a year?
B.G. MitchellIf you look closely you'll see the packet is...empty. Completely. Could you give up chocolate for a year? My wife couldn’t. I’m not sure I could either. Probably though. But the real...
View ArticleInspiration and Self-help for a Boozefree Life
B.G. MitchellPersian Poet, Jelaluddin Rumi (1207-1273) This morning I got this message on Twitter: “You’ve inspired me to have an AFD today! #Gottastartsomewhere” Though being an inspiration for others...
View ArticleWhy Pena calls herself a dipsomaniac.
B.G. MitchellPena is a self-confessed dipsomaniac. She’s also made of lego, and fond of pants. This is Pena. Pena is a self-confessed dipsomaniac. As someone who has always enjoyed a drink Pena never...
View ArticleWhy I’m a Funny Guy: The Little Booze Joke Book
B.G. MitchellThere’s some big hair in there. Regular readers of Year of Living Sober will know why I’m a funny guy. And it’s not just because I’m only too happy to share Twitter pics of me with troll...
View ArticleLiving Life Large
B.G. Mitchell Howdy strangers! My apologies if you’ve been wondering what the hell happened to Dipsomaniac Ben but since finishing my year of living sober I’ve been living life large. My silly season...
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