8/26/00 2:49 AM
On the 10th of July or just previous, I
began an experiment in abstaining from alcohol consumption. Tonight I
bought a six-pack of Brooklyn Lager and am nearly through with it. It
feels quite familiar. Nothing special, nothing daemonic, nothing
frightening, nothing so grand. I have felt a significant improvement in
restfulness of sleep and engagement in various life activities. I have
felt an upgrade in the skull. I have felt that usually alcohol serves as
an unwinding elixir; it has been only in those times (for example, riding home
on the subway, feeling the yen for a Guinness just a few stops before home,
just wanting to relaxxxx....) I suppose it has helped my emotional
well-being to abstain for a time. I also agree that habitual use of
alcohol could be potentially disastrous. But now I feel like the
experiment as been completed; carbohydrates and alcohol have a place in my life
again, but are to be treated with a new found respect.
I didn't make it two full months. Should I be concerned?
-----'s out of town now. I
hope to get caught up on all that's been happening between us this past month.
8/26/00 9:07 pm
another day at work. somehow i
feel productive enough with the compsci that i don't terribly miss having a day
off. got a few items knocked off the list - called ----- in Rochester to
let him know I'll be in town for -----'s wedding; he's planning on joining the
gathering upstate that weekend.... haven't heard back from ----- yet, but he
might be in big trouble (grin) in Seattle. So I still have no real plan
for next weekend.
It's weird that -----'s away. I don't miss her yet. I still feel like we're close, side by side. I actually feel a little relieved from the intensity we've been experiencing for the past month.
Club was dead today - I knocked off
most of Ch.10. On the subway now en route to meet ----- at U-Yee. I
may be a few minutes late...