The Hair Shirt

It's been a calendar month - 31 days - since my last cigarette, and I haven't even thought about smoking for a couple of weeks at least. So, no problem there.

The abstinence from alcohol has been trickier - which surprised me. There's a can of beer at the back of the fridge which has been winking at me, suggestively, in the evenings after a long day at work, but I've resisted it for 20 days now so I may as well carry on for a few more.