Just came off in me 'and, guv

[simont]

In a perfectly appropriate end to yesterday's catalogue of errors, I went to my bedroom chest of drawers last night to get out a pyjama top, and the front panel of the drawer came off in my hand. So this morning I slathered it in Araldite, hit it a couple of times with a mallet and left two heavy rocks on top of it, and with any luck by the time I get home this evening it'll be willing to cooperate for fear of more such treatment.

Also last night I went to the pub and drank beer, which is the first time I've touched alcohol in nearly two weeks. I didn't find drunkenness as enjoyable as I used to, and the (very mild) headache this morning leaves me thinking it wasn't worth the effort. Perhaps I'll continue not drinking, or barely drinking, for a while longer after all; enjoyment versus health is a debate that can go either way, but if I don't even enjoy it there's clearly no point in drinking the stuff.

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[pm215]

if I don't even enjoy it there's clearly no point in drinking the stuff.

I dunno. I find there are sometimes occasions when the obvious social 'right' thing would be to have a beer, and it's kind of awkward that I don't actually like the stuff.

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's what I found. Once you start not drinking, it's rather difficult to stop...

[simont]

... which seems like a very strange way round for it to work!

I'm reminded of the Paul Merton sketch about someone trying really hard to start smoking. "Sometimes I don't smoke as many as 20 cigarettes a day. Often I'll not smoke a cigarette, and then immediately not smoke another one. I've tried starting suddenly, cutting up..."

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

Did he try nicotine patches? That would actually make sense.

[rowan-leigh.livejournal.com]

I thought I was the only person in the country who kept resolving to drink more, and failing to do so.

[mpinna.livejournal.com]

Yes, I'm currently quite tempted to do the same. Or at least not to bother drinking on anything other than 'special' occasions.

[pseudomonas.livejournal.com]

the front panel of the drawer came off in my hand. So this morning I slathered it in Araldite, hit it a couple of times with a mallet and left two heavy rocks on top of it

Was it just me wondering why you covered your hand in glue and then thumped it?

[simont]

Funnily enough, I do have some lingering bits of Araldite on a couple of my fingers...

[uisgebeatha.livejournal.com]

The novelty of drinking has kind of worn off for me; still, at least these days I'm an utter lightweight so it only takes a couple of drinks to induce drunkenness. Useful when you're still technically a skint student. ;)

[mtbc100.livejournal.com]

The entry on my friends page after yours starts, Considering how drunk I got last night …

Mmm, I hardly drink at all now. I plan to keep some alcohol around and to drink it over time, but there's a definite steady decline in my alcohol consumption. It must be weeks now since I had any at all. Though, it helps that I have to drive a lot, so that makes me keep clear of it at various social occasions.

[ex-lark-asc.livejournal.com]

I barely drink at all because my innards won't take it, and I find I enjoy it far less when I do drink; the less I drink the worse hangovers seem to become. Plus, as with a lot of things, many alcoholic drinks aren't actually thatnnice when you take them as beverages to be savoured, rather than as ways of getting alcohol into your bloodstream..