Day 3: Tempertation

I woke up late, around one after a late night of catch up TV, after two more hours of bed i finally get up, get showered, do some weights, I dont have energy yet and i thought it'd be here already, quite frustrating, i decide i've got to venture out of the house at some stage.
Finally i left the house after careful planning and consideration, a phonecall from friend Ritchie was all it took and we agreed to meet a the snooker hall at 7. On my way down i stop at the co-op, instead of the usual 4 cans of lager and ten cigarettes it was ginsters and diet coke, saving of £6.... Didnt feel like saving, felt like the life being sucked out of me. Anyway! we met in the pub next door. Ritchies sitting down he sees me, greets me then asks the question i'd been dreading.. "What d'you want to drink bro?"
"Nothing man, i've quit drinking." I replied but then hastely for some reason added "But just for January!" Ritchie looked bemused but we quickly got into a short discussion , the reasons etc, money, fatigue and everything that went with it.
We went next door to the snooker hall, played about 3 games then it hits, everything starts to annoy me, i mean everything, i couldn't take a shot without hearing something right before. It was real annoying to say the least. Ritchie goes to get himself a pint and comes back with two in his hand, I quickly refuse but for anybody who knows ritchie this was a test, to see if im doing it for real. hes happy to have them both to himself anyway i imagine. After snooker we headed back next door, i order a coke, ritchie a pint and we quickly get talking and it feels normal it feels fine but i finish my coke pretty sharpish, i dont want another one, what do i do, ritchies nursin that pint. he notices this though and quickly sinks it and puts his jacket on, i imagine in part for my benefit. I've got other friends that well.. may not be as considerate.

on the walk home i head to Sainburys, usually by now i'd be half cut and wanting a few more cans to end the night but instead i just get food and head home and now hopefully instead of going into work hungover and as late as im possibly allowed to be i'm going to get up early tommorow, with energy, go for a run, some weights then into work fresh with my tenner intact.