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A typical few days…

Miss breakfast because am up at 6.30 to get to work. Miss lunch because am at work. Get home at around 5. Eat way too much way too quickly. Miss dinner. Starving by 11. Lie in bed trying to sleep til early hours of morning.

Wake up. Miss breakfast because am up at 6.30 to get to uni. Miss lunch because I haven’t been paid yet and wasn’t up early enough to make my own. Get home, shower, go to work. Miss dinner because I’m at work. Get home at midnight. Eat way too much way too quickly. Lie in bed trying to sleep til early hours of morning.

Wake up. Miss breakfast because I figure 8.00 is a sleep-in and I’d prefer sleep to breakfast. Work the later starting shift. Miss lunch because am at work. Get something greasy on way home. Shower and head out to meet friends for drinks. Miss dinner. Drink way too much way too quickly. Lie in bed trying not to throw up til early hours of morning.

I have the day off tomorrow. I’m sleeping in, doing an essay, staying at home for dinner, and am getting to bed early! I cannot wait for tomorrow before it all starts again on Wednesday! (Now I’m off to work, without dinner. Greatttt)

As apart of my course, one of the units we study is Food & Beverage fundamentals. Naturally this is one of the most interesting units due to all the ‘practical’ activities we get to do. Today was wine, cheese and schnapps.

We can now swirl a glass of wine, talk about the bouquet, it’s tannins (and hot legs! - a personal joke between me and uh.. none of the readers), and the flavours we taste in each of the wines. Admittedly, most of us can still only taste “Red…?” or “White..!” - but at least now we know enough terminology to bullshit our way through fancy restaurants and special occasions.

I do love a nice glass of wine… but there is often so much unnecessary wank involved!

Dear Homeboys and Homegirls,

I do realise that I haven’t updated since February 21 (and it is now April 6), but blame-me-not for I have not had time nor motivation, and and one stage, a computer… you know, so don’t be hatin’. There are a few things to tell you all about.

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Hi, my name is Patrick and I’m an alcoholic, and I blame it all on the fact that I longer have any sense of routine in my life. I cannot wait to start my degree (in eleven days time), simply for the fact that my liver will get a rest, and so will my eyes.

Having finished school officially at the end of October last year, but technically late August early September, I have had nothing to do but drink. I have not had to worry about ’school the next day’ or any assignments and essays that are due and this has caused my body great harm. After spending the last eight days drunk, I have started to realise how much I am craving education once again.

No longer will my health depend on my ‘responsibility’, but on the simple fact that I will not have time to go out and trash the hell out of myself. My days will not be filled with BBQs and beer under the sun any longer, but my filling my brain with fun-filled facts to get me a career. Sure, that career may well be in a bar surrounded by alcohol once again, but the fact that I’m learning makes it all seem so much better.

No longer will I spend until midday in bed wasting the day away. No longer will I turn up to work with yet another hangover. In fact, I may very well be apart of FebFast and be sober this month.

I’m gonna be a changed little boy!!