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After a cringe-worthy session of Facebook-stalking, where I reviewed the past status updates of a certain boy, I thought I’d do the same with my profile to see what he might discover about me. What I learnt was a lot sadder than the act of pretending I was “researching” my potential mate.

Here’s a sample:
28/10/09: Lizza Gebilagin feels sorry for her liver. Poor liver.
15/7/09: Lizza Gebilagin is hoping that an addiction to Bikram yoga cancels out any addiction to men and booze.
4/5/09: Lizza Gebilagin is saying her final goodbyes to a very old friend. Later alcohol.

And on it goes. All of these updates were met with scoffing from my friends, who predicted I’d be back on it the next weekend. They were right. I have no restraint when it comes to partying.

Yesterday, I met someone who does. Her name’s Claire and she’s giving up alcohol for 365 days! She’s committed herself to a whole year as a teetotaller and she’s blogging about it. Here’s an extract from day one, which she wrote in the grips of a hangover:

“In the thick of my dehydration, in the throes of my brain-damage, now is exactly the right time to say f%#* you alcohol. F%#* you for taking my perfectly good mind and making it moronic … And f%#* you for keeping me from being exceptional. It's not alcohol’s fault, really. I get that. Or, more to the point, I'm about to find out.”

What I love about Claire is that she is not someone who’s only gotten drunk a few times and is lecturing everyone about forsaking alcohol. She’s partied a lot in the last seven years and she’s giving up grog so that she can focus all her energy into becoming a rock star. Too cool.

So, if you’ve ever half-heartedly sworn off alcohol on Facebook, and want to know what life would be like if you actually did, check out here blog here.

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