8pm: Way too much sake with dinner. We have a party of 16, so we order four huge bottles of sake (1.8L). I assume I drank about one liter myself since some of the girls didn’t drink much (15 shots?). 12:30am: Pretty drunk already. Head over to Yumla, and have a beer. 12:45am: Pretty drunk and happy, so I bought two rounds of shots for my 20 friends. Lemon drops. 1:30am: Am trashed... the music sucks and isn’t loud enough. God, get this guy off the decks. When’s my friend going to start spinning? 2am: Puke in the bathroom, feel better and somehow make it over to Pi to see a friend. Don’t remember how. Have two glasses of water, and a bag of chips, but you don’t really care about the munchies at a time like this... 3am: Back to Volar, by which time I have sobered up. So I start off again with a double Macallen. Tastes fine, so I order a vodka-tonic. 4:30am: My friend’s girlfriend doesn’t want her vodka-cranberry so I finish it. Feeling pretty happy so I move to the dance floor, and at some point before leaving consume four shots of lemon drop. 5am: Go home, puke again. Pass out. Total alcohol units: 26+
Friday
9am: At work, feeling tired and totally unproductive. 9pm: A great dinner with a good friend, accompanied by one glass of white wine. 10:30pm: Head to Volar where I start the night with two Jacks and Cokes. Midnight: I order a double Macallen on the rocks. 12:30am: Am feeling pretty nice, but a little full so I switch to shots. Throw back about four lemon drops. 1:30am: Pretty drunk. I have a vodka cranberry when a friend buys a round. 2:15am: I’m just dancing, chilling, having a good time when I realize I need a drink. But the bar has actually run out of cranberry mixers. So I get a vodka straight up. 3am: We get more shots. 4:30am: Finish the night with another double Macallen on the rocks and some throwing up. Total alcohol units: 15?
Saturday
8pm: Have dinner with my family, and one glass of white wine. 9:30pm: Sit down at a quiet bar with the folks and have two glasses of champagne. 11pm: Decide to go to Pi for a friend’s birthday party. Someone buys me a drink – I have a vodka-tonic, which I finish quickly. So I have another one. 12:30am: Am feeling just a little buzzed when a friend buys a round of shots. We each have one Sex on the Beach. 12:45am: My turn for shots: Soco lime. 1am: I’m feeling almost too drunk, so decide to sober up with a vodka-Red Bull. 1:45am: Someone else buys shots and I have something really sweet and really strong. No idea what it’s called but it’s far too sweet. 2:30am: On to Volar, where I order a double Macallen on the rocks. 3:30am: My friend comes over from Yumla to say hi, so I buy a round of lemon drops for everyone. We were dancing and having fun, but I was reminding myself I couldn’t drink too much since I have to wake up for war games Sunday at 8. 3:45am: I think someone else buys another round of shots, which I partake of. 4:30am: I end the night on a double Macallen on the rocks. No puking. Total alcohol units: 15
Sunday
8am: Wake up after about three hours sleep, and make it to war games. Thought I’d get my ass kicked, but once I get started, I do the ass-kicking. 6pm: A productive day. After driving to a friend’s house, I sit down on couch and pass out immediately. 8pm: Dinner at a Japanese restaurant where we order some sake. Only have four tiny glasses though! Total alcohol units: 4
Mon-Thursday
Nada! Total alcohol units: 0
Grand Weekly Total: 60
Do You Have A Problem?
Yes, slightly because I do drink a lot more than the average person. I don’t mind it. I can stop when I want to, but I don’t want to stop. That’s probably the problem.
The Housewife/ Tracy, 52
Monday
Did not drink today because I needed to have a clear head. Sometimes you have to deal with a lot of shit in life, like when you’re expecting a call from a lawyer. Total alcohol units: 0
Tuesday
Did not drink today because I did not feel the urge. Total alcohol units: 0
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Wednesday
5pm: Open a bottle of red wine to let it to breathe. 8pm: Had a glass of wine, then another. 10:30pm: Away with the fairies by this time. Yell at my son before going to bed. Total alcohol units: 2
Thursday
9am: Wake up feeling slightly gross. Think the Chilean wine from last night was a bit heavy. Swear not to drink again. 9pm: Finish the other half of the bottle I opened last night. Forced to get pissed because I didn’t want to waste it. 10pm: Talk on the phone to friend. Bitch about things, but don’t quite remember what. 11pm: Go to bed feeling happy. Total alcohol units: 2
