Detox Diary - Update 1 - Friday 11th January 2008

Helooo everyone,
So far so good, I decided to bring my detox hell forward and started 3 days early on Friday 4th January so I am a week into this already and staying on track. Right now I am in New York – where having more than two beers is often viewed as being on the edge of binge drinking so I am in a good place. And I have resorted to drinking lots of tea. But sadly tea here leaves a lot to be desired and…… as I have always said - there a couple of things that you can’t get in New York……one is a really good cup of tea, and the other…. ……well…..the people who know me really well - know the answer to that one!

People keep asking me why I am putting myself through such torture, well apart from all the beneficial health crap etc. etc., it was because I nearly scared myself to death when, a couple of days before Christmas I looked in the mirror and thought, bugger me who is that!, …she looks familiar, I have definitely seen her before – but couldn’t quite place that grey, saggy, baggy looking excuse for a face and then thought….……shit it’s me! Need I say more J
This non drinking lark can be lonely place so I am especially pleased that both George Collier from Siperian and Phin Smith from Citadel have signed up with me again. George actually tried to start on the 1st January but gave up on the 2nd, but then he got back on the wagon again and is going for gold - I hope. And I know I can rely on Phin to stay the course. There are also a couple of other new joiners this year, Jon Archangeli and Ben Jarrold from Metia London. In Jon’s own words he is struggling with the programme but is hanging on in there. And Ben has quit smoking – not drinking – which I think must be a very tough call, Ben’s mantra is ….quitting smoking is for life! We will watch their progress with interest and good luck chaps.

As always, I have a few raspberries to dish out. My first goes to Jaime Wong in the Metia HR department - who before Christmas said that she would be off the sauce for the whole of January and actually lasted a whole 4 days – total rubbish Jaime J

And some extremely large raspberries are winging their way to the people who invited me out to lunch and dinner next week and then decided to postpone these engagements until February as soon as I said I was on the wagon. Do you guys realise just how hurtful this rejection is, because it obviously means that without the addition of lots of white wine, I am obviously not the highly entertaining and scintillating company that I thought I was – ho hum.

Breaking news, bloody Nick Daniel has just done exactly the same thing, he just called me, invited me out to lunch next week and then backtracked – what is that all about!

In terms of my charities, I have not made the final selection yet, but will do by next week. As always any contributions you make are completely voluntary and confidential so don’t feel obliged. And if you don’t want to receive this drivel each week, just let me know and I will take you off the list.

I know there are quite a few people out there who are abstaining for the month January, good luck to you and have good week. Next update Friday 18th January. Bet you can’t wait J