{"id":549,"date":"2011-10-31T23:59:05","date_gmt":"2011-10-31T22:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.danielebesana.com\/blog\/?p=549"},"modified":"2014-01-19T01:44:52","modified_gmt":"2014-01-19T00:44:52","slug":"experiment-6-my-last-beer-for-a-while","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielebesana.com\/blog\/life\/experiment-6-my-last-beer-for-a-while","title":{"rendered":"Experiment #6: my last beer (for a while)"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Colombia<\/a>
Colombia and Pacific ocean<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Beou<\/strong> is\u00a0a dude from US living next door.<\/p>\n

He’s cool and he’ll pay me beers forever because a month ago he lost a bet, saying that Colombia doesn’t border with the Pacific ocean.<\/p>\n

But he won’t pay me beers for the coming month…. and here lies my next challenge.<\/p>\n

A new month is a good occasion to start a challenge, not for nothing but at least the numbers are on your side, and no calculation is required to remember when you started.
\nAnd this Monday, the week day I choose to publish the blog, is a special day as it’s the 31st October – last day of the month.<\/p>\n

The challenge is to make November a no-alcohol month: <\/strong>no\u00a0wine in a diner, no beers with friends, no sake’ at the Sushi place, no Limoncello at the pizzeria.<\/p>\n

Why all this suffering?<\/p>\n

I have been thinking about it for a long long time, but really never found myself brave enough to go for it.<\/p>\n

Probably the idea of being in a pub drinking Coca Cola or cold milk, very much “Dutch style”, is painfully dreadful, and to be honest I always had fear to not be liked by others if not conforming to the alcohol ritual.
\nBut it’s time to grow up. So for me not drinking is not really about alcohol. It’s more about making a statement, push myself out of my comfort zone and stand for something in front of others.<\/p>\n

PLUS, I feel a wreck at this moment of time:<\/p>\n