“I guess I like the idea of swimming” thats so funny Edith. I saw myself in so much of what you wrote here. Drinking and Internet have been my main(only) hobbies for many years that I didn’t know or want to try anything else. I am interested in so many things yet drinking was the easiest and immediate cure for boredom or feeling blue. If you feel lonely you can easily go into a pub and strike up conversations with strangers at the bar & bond quickly in mutual inebriation. I knew deep down what a waste of time, money and self-respect it was but after a week or so of sobriety Mr Hyde would whisper in my ear again, “ c’mon mate lets go for a pint you deserve it, just a couple eh”. The inevitable hangovers made me the opposite & I would not even want to leave the apartment let alone talk with anyone. Thankyou for sharing your story in such a novel & funny comic strip. Humour & humility really does help in battling the curse that alcohol addiction brings.
I like the idea of bowling. On second thought maybe not coz they usually have bars in there! ( : Don’t worry I will think of something…….