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Going Dry
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February 22, 2012, Leave a comment

Grace Fletcher-Hackwood shares her tips for going dry, from anticipating your own excuses to the problem of the Risotto Exception – whatever that is.

Dry January: Halfway There (Image: DC Sterne)

Dry January: Halfway There

January 17, 2012, No comments

(Guest post by Grace Fletcher-Hackwood) On Day 2 of Dry January, a group of us descended on one of my favourite bars in Manchester's Northern Quarter ...

Duff Zero

Diary: Duff Zero Man Brings Home the Plastic

January 6, 2012, 2 Comments

So that’s us all limping collectively into 2012 bearing our collective hangovers, if not of the alcoholic kind then the financial. My own Christmas ...

Dry January (image: malko)

Dry January: The Calm Before the Drought

December 31, 2011, 1 Comment

(Guest post by Grace Fletcher-Hackwood) I'd say my drinking habits are about average for someone from my age and background. In other words: inconsist ...

  • Alcohol Awareness
    Are You Aware?
    November 20, 2011, 3 Comments

    Today is the last day of Alcohol Awareness Week 2011. If you weren’t aware of it then maybe the awareness week needs more publicity – perhaps even its own awareness ...

  • Arm-y
    Diary: Halloween
    November 1, 2011, No comments

    Zombies stumble through the streets… ghoulish-looking creatures stagger about mumbling unintelligibly… other vaguely-human creatures drip blood and adopt threatening postures. Saturday nights in English cities can get quite interesting. ...

  • Dancing Lindy Hop
    Diary: Out on the Hop
    October 10, 2011, No comments

    Weekends can be a funny time if you don’t drink. Staying in is hardly exciting, but going out tends to mean queuing in packed bars amidst the eager elbows of drinkers. ...

  • Spices
    Diary: Food for Thought
    October 1, 2011, 1 Comment

    So I’m down in London for a stag do (bachelor party) catching up with an old friend. It’s due to be an expensive weekend so we decide to keep our ...

  • Folk train musicians
    Diary: The Folk Train
    September 15, 2011, 1 Comment

    Five years have passed since I stopped drinking, but I’m still always on the lookout for new things to do in the evening that don’t fundamentally revolve around alcohol. On ...

  • Zero percent
    Non-alcoholics Anonymous
    September 4, 2011, 6 Comments

    My name’s Neil and I’m a non-alcoholic. I mean that in two ways. Firstly, I’m not an alcoholic. But secondly, and more significantly, I’m dry.  No, I don’t need moisturiser. ...