21.05.25: Day 21 No Alcohol - Stella - Curaleaf Gummies - Women
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May 2025. 21st Day NO ALCOHOL
Hi all, three weeks under the belt and the rain has arrived (washing still out, hey ho) to give me a day at the computer. Chatting with my son later but an otherwise clear diary to get back to one of my favourite pastime by writing again.
[As a side note both Curaleaf and Activist are cheaper than the high THC Indica crap you buy on the street.]
I opened Dropbox/Colin/Blogs/24 just before 0900, had a gander and there it was, synchronicity, the unpublished blog I wrote last
December, on day 101 of no alcohol, when two days later I visited Stella and the rest
is history. However, it was just the tonic (no gin) I needed to remind myself that Stella
and her many friends should be avoided at all costs. Lambo has just chipped in,
‘but is was only two or three, occasionally four pints’ which, as any finely
tuned athlete [Lambo has just applied for a job in a gym] will know, does not
work.
This is what
I found:
Sherborne
Doset, Tuesday 10th December 2024
The voice
of the flyer.
My WhatsApp pinged: Bridlington
U3a Creative Writing group.
The next meet up is Wednesday 11th December.
The homework was to provide up to 700 (imagine double page, A4
posh magazines pages with photos) words titled, “Flyer/s” or “Voice”.
POSH interesting word. – We choose a title based and words, write it and read to the group. Fine except the Friendly Forester
Bridlington is 279 miles away, as I am in Sherborne Dorset.
I will consult with Artificial Intelligence and ask my
phone. It is a bit creepy but seems to work.
I started by talking into my iPhone and asking ‘does a
flyer have a voice’
Top of the replies was:
‘Flyers can be a powerful marketing tool that can help a
business promote an event, advertise special offers, or market a brand’.
Perfect start.
However Quora Digest said click for:
‘How do I create a flyer with a voice over? I would like
to send flyers with music and a voice message to contacts through email and
social media.
Which got me thinking; how would I create a flyer with a
voiceover of 700 words before 1000 hours tomorrow to make a virtual appearance at
my U3a writers’ group in Bridlington, despite the fact I am in Sherborne Dorset.
I’ve just reminded myself to stop wasting words and get to
the point. Oh yes what is the point?
Well, apart from turning these words into a flyer [blog
style] doing a voiceover, posting at colinlambert.blogspot.com and waiting to
see how many views I get (which keeps my ego happy) the only other benefit is
it keeps me motivated to ……
Have a voice. For a long time, I supressed my voice with all the usual suspects: sugar, saturated fats, alcohol, sailing across the Atlantic – as you do when trying to avoid your shit and a torrid marriage to a lady called Stella.
Stella was cool, classy, very POSH, around £15-£30 a day to keep happy, 2two pints on a quiet day and six at weekends. Add the backy, often preceded with wacky to keep me, in the words of David Gilmore (Pink Floyd), COMFORTABLY NUMB.
Oh yes POSH. David Beckham’s
wife used to be called Posh Spice but what does the word really mean? Imagine you're on a cruise
line in the early 1900’s travelling between Britain and India; style elegance, but most of all the most desirable cabins were the ones that avoided the
afternoon sun and worst weather. These were premium cabins, and the tickets would often carry the
POSH symbol on their tickets. Port side Out and Starboard
side Home was the sign of wealth and affluence.
Oh yes, the summer of 2024 saw me send many flyers, following my hip replacement surgery anouncing my new Move4Medicine project and what better way to market oneself than by joining a writing group. Easier said than done, as the only way it could work was to be sober and not the comfortably numb as just described.
On 1st September I announced to my 755 followers (keeps
Lambo’s ego satiated) on Facebook and my seven real friends LOL. I was going to
do 100 days of no alcohol. [Yikes I now have 2,400 followers and eight close friends]
No pressure then? Motivational theory is a fascinating
subject but not for now.
Day 1: 1st September 2024 I leave Sherborne Dorset to drive those 279 miles to Bridlington, having made love to Stella four times the night before.
I spent the following three months running classes, getting fit and back to writing.
Here is the Facebook Flyer which was all part of my marketing plan.
Tuesday 10th December 100 not ot out
Well! Lambo and I made it, 100 days no alcohol.
Funny, as I had been planning, for the last 100 days, where I was going to enjoy first pint.
Then I remembered, it’s more fun sober and instaed took a friend out for supper overlooking Bridlington harbour.
I then drove to Sheborne and this is what happened next.
December 2024
Freedom Day and the shackles are off: It’s ok to have wild passionate sex with my beloved Stella, followed by blissful sleep, followed by hot sweaty sleep, followed by a serious headache, dehydration, chronic anxiety and depression; only helped by drinking from Stella’s boundless flow of succulent juice, which then makes matters worse and the dance begins….
Maybe I will wait till tomorrow to see Stella and have
another night with Lulu 🙏
And the point I am making is…
Its always good to have a voice,
Thank you for joining me and have a nice
day.
Colin Lambert
As usual there was another factor involved. Another woman, but thats for later.
It feels soo good to be writing again.
Have a nice rainy day.
Colin
Om
Ps Next up Lambo, age 14 -called Slam in
those days – first discovers the heady combination of Sex Drugs and Rugby for
England.
For my previous post click here.
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