mightyspork

As some of you may or may not know, i have given up drinking. I am tired of trying to explain why i have stopped to people, so I have decided to list my reasons here. If anyone ever asks you why Sporky is not drinking, you can direct them to this journal entry. otherwise, I think i will just tell people that I am a recovering alcoholic.

1. After my birthday in february, I vomited. Several times. It was the first time I had EVER gotten sick from drinking (damn you Jagermeister). It was the first time I had ever experienced consequences from drinking. This was probably the biggest single factor in my decision to stop drinking. I no longer had the desire to drink.

2. I have a heart murmur, and had to give up caffine years ago because it would cause my heart to speed up dangerously. I noticed not too long ago that alcohol was starting to have a similar effect.

3. If I get very drunk, I tend to have paranoid delusions and end up curled in a corner crying.

4. Alcohol is expensive. I would rather have shoes.

5. Alcohol has a lot of empty calories. I would rather have french fries.

6. While in the Bahamas, I spent a lot of time with Penn, who is a staunch teetotaler. I enjoyed my time with Penn (we were the only two on a crew of 45 that were not drinking) and decided I prefered hanging out with him than alcohol. In a society overrun by people who drink, Penn I guess proved that you could still be "cool" and not drink.

Now you can stop annoying me about it.