It's an overused sentence, but sometimes completely appropriate. No more adult beverages, at least for a while. Friday night I consumed one too many gin & tonics, and Saturday I paid for it in more than one way. Here are 8 reasons why I should not partake in cocktails:
1. I have a hard time stopping at one. (I told myself I would only have one, and then 7 drinks later I was wondering what happened to the first.)
2. Alcohol is like pot to me. Apparently my body thinks that when alcohol is involved there also needs to be massive amounts of deep fried sludge to go with it. And of course I can completely justify it in my spirit-induced mental state.
3. I act like I'm 19 and having my first drinks. Alcohol takes away any inhibition that I might possess at that time and throws it through the small bar windows. Notorious BIG and I seem to be on a first name basis with the jukebox at The Depot.
4. Cigarettes start to look good to me. And I can't believe I just admitted that...that's how much alcohol affects my judgement. I am the biggest opponent of smoking but when you put several drinks down my gullet there seems to be some switch in my brain that says, "Hey, go smoke a cigarette because that's what you used to do and it would be fun!" Fortunately (and I'm saying that in a big way!) I did NOT smoke any cigarettes, and haven't for about 5 years.
5. The hangover feels like little elves are jumping around in my stomach and then crawling up my spine to take a hammer to my skull. Saturday was a complete waste of a day because there was no way I was crawling out of bed to do anything except to bow in front of the porcelain throne a couple times.
This probably isn't going to be the easiest thing to do, but in the grand scheme of things, it shouldn't be that bad. I've given up things that seemed to be way worse and probably weren't as detrimental to my health as binging on an overload of gin & tonics. Stay tuned...
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