Binge Drinking! ~ Moose Calls Time!

[TribbleZA]

Some biltong as well

We could even spike a naartjie or two

 

[GlassMirror]

We could even pike a naartjie or two

So 'n naartjie partytjie

 

[Mortymoose]

I got a "Dankie aan die vader, preis die here", from two of my female staff when I told them I have not consumed alcohol, for many sunrises....
Only to have it taken back when I informed them that tomorrow I shall start up for a solitary day.......

Was outside in my receiving yard with the "Old Man", checking up on the preparations for tomorrow......
The staff have built a makeshift bar with stainless steel tables and crates, It felt odd and sad whilst standing there pretending to order a cold one....

A couple of local groot koppe will be attending , The Mayor, The CEO of the local council, The Chief of immigration, The Chief of Customs, the Local Station Commander, Doctor Doppies (this is going to be good), Two members of the American Peace Corp, two pastors(yup! I did a double take also only to be informed by the old man, they must leave after the speeches ) , Headmasters of the two local schools and two Big Cheeses from the mine.......... Add my 80 odd staff members, a few pieces of meat on the flames, an open bar and Bob's yer uncle...

My strategy, wait for it, wait for it, Pace Myself, not the usual, Hogging the draught machine and knocking back 16 x 500ml in less than four hours..... last time I had a party in the back yard, I landed up in the local Shebeen complex..... a wild tale in itself...

So all ye heathens out there, pray for this here Moose, coz I shall be needing it.....

 

[delta66]

thoughts with you M....we only live once! in saying that, go "easy"+enjoy without any guilt trip afterwards : )

 

[Tman*]

@Mortymoose how about an update? U still at it?

 

[Rouxenator]

I had to scale back quite drastically in November. Not stopped, but changed my patterns and things are much more affordable and enjoyable.

 

[Steamy Tom]

@Mortymoose how about an update? U still at it?

Head over to his braai thread and take a look

 

[Mortymoose]

@Mortymoose how about an update? U still at it?

It's my 50th in a few weeks, all my good mates are also turning 50 and I just smuggled a draught macine across the border........

However, I am giving myself the first three months of this year to make closure and then that will be me....... For decades I have always said once I turn 50 it will come to an end.....

 

[Mortymoose]

So........ this has been the longest stint of sobriety since 1987, next Friday I will have successfully been sober for 6 months or 172 days to be precise.

I have much to say about this sabbatical of sobriety but battle to type with fat fingers whilst sipping coffee in my bed in the Eskom induced dark.

So I will add a few paragraphs later on in the day when I attend work to eke out a meagre income....

 

[Toxxyc]

Good on you mate. I was thinking about you the other day considering this. I think I speak for plenty of us when I say we were getting a tad worried there for a second.

 

[The_Mowgs]

Good on you mate. I was thinking about you the other day considering this. I think I speak for plenty of us when I say we were getting a tad worried there for a second.

Have you met @The_Donkey ?

 

[Mortymoose]

It's Camping season North of the desolate Frontier and our usual remote haunts are washed away or destroyed after the recent good rains so now we are being "forced" to camp at a resort.....you know the kind that has working toilets, Ice cold beer on tap and tourists to mind fek the evening away with......

We be loading the metal chariots next Friday and heading here.....



Yep that's good ol' South Africa that you can see across the river there.... and this is Norotshama near Aussenkehr in Namibia, about three hours East of me.....

So far we are four vehicles and five kids going with......

"What the fok has all this got to do with ol' Moose falling of the wagon?", I hear you thinking out loud....

Well after being sober for so long and and knowing that the temperature out there will be around thirty eight degrees I will be kidding myself and lying to all of you okes if I said that I will Not be indulging in a few good cold ones over those two days.

Usually I would be taking along 48 x 440ml Windhoek Draughts to make life more enjoyable....

This time around I shall be packing 24 x 440ml Windhoek Draught and 24 x 500ml Sparkling water.....

Sounds like an improvement?

But it's not, because the devil in me is once again lying to myself, coz I already googled my mate's Tops@Spar's hours and know that he closes at 19H00 on Friday and Saturday.... and his store is less than ten minutes drive from the flap of my newish tent....

Besides there is plenty beer at the bar....... maybe even some nice foreign eye candy to go with it.....

I have a great sense of guilt washing over me, a feeling of self loathing and betrayal for even though I have done so well over the past six months, I know what happens in a few days from now...

I have been writing pointers for my book that I hope to publish one year, I have found this method of writing down all the "adventures" I have lived through over the past three and a half decades helps me realize the damage I have done in my life.... Sure it's an friggin adventure of note, But...... it helped me stay away from the Binge Drinking!

I look at the below photo and already I am thinking what kak I can get up to in that pond, that pond wants me to destroy it....I can feel....it...... Must stay strong....Must stay strong.......

 

[Thugscub]

Cheers Morty, I'm having a Frosty in sympathy.
One day I shall be visiting you once the madness is over.
My little Bro lives in Windhoek in the tourism game. Got to visit him.

 

[Mortymoose]

Well the cat is out of the bag! She now knows!

Stupid FirstBornMoose let it slip about my drinking "incident" at the last camp.....

We were sitting in the dining room yesterday afternoon, she building a puzzle on the wooden table and The English HO doing work on her computer, her back turned to us...

I was marveling at the depth of Spotify's music, typing obscure track names into her database...

The conversation shifted to the last camp, where I exclaimed that I was the person who spent the most time out on the river with a paddleski....... I wanted to emphasize that I was me, me me that was out there in the heat....

When the FirstBornMoose blurted out.........

(Let me set the mood of the river with this quick photo)



.......Where was I?

Yep! There we were, in forty degree heat in the desert on a sparkling remote river, the day was most excellent, and the flames of the evening fire were magnificent....

Stars everywhere, the conversation brilliant and extremely intellectual considering the mental state after suiping most of the day on the river....

Back in my lounge..... she blurted out....."That's only because you passed out on the paddleski......."

She could not take it back, the words had been said, the moment sealed...... Without missing a beat the English HO swung the chair around and gave me that eye, that all seeing eye....... then shook her head in the manner that only a fuming wife could...

The English HO does not go on these sabbatical bush bashing rages of mine, she being a non drinker, the total opposite of the man she married...

So what happened that night? Under the cover of darkness.....

Well the flames were high and the stars flickering in the heavens, my beer tasted oh so sweet, then my eighteen year old trigger went off, that voice, that evil voice whispered ever so quietly to my drunken soul...

"Moose, Moose my man, we should go paddleski with a few beers under the moonlight, the serious moonlight...." , it repeated...... the words of an eighties song adding to the suggestion...

So Ol' Moose slipped away from the Orange Glow of the campfire and clambered onto a neon green paddleski, his quilted camping jacket stuffed with ice cold Windhoek draughts...... a lone owl let out a shallow moan that drifted across the dark water that was reflecting the stars back out into the Galaxy, the Moose let out a smile of content...... he was at peace....

Not a soul to be heard or seen as the paddleski glided over the water..... As he cracked open a second can of ale it dawned apon him that if he lay back on the paddleski he would get a better view of the heavens, so he stretched back and lay flat on the paddleski.....

The heavens returned the effort and the world seemed an extremely small place to be..... his mind wandering as he contemplated life and how extremely lucky he was...

It was around this time, in the middle of the river he closed his eyes......

Two hours had passed on and the search party had given up, they had shouted and shone torches in all directions, to no avail...... plans were being made up to call in the helicopter at first light......

He awoke as the paddleski nudged gently against the South African sands....... sitting up he was confused.... initially he did not even realize that he was on a paddleski but managed to catch and empty can as he righted himself........

So the above incident was one of many reasons why my drinking at my age and with my eighteen year trigger has to end....... I might not be as lucky next time I go off the rails...

 

[Toxxyc]

Just one thing - Windhoek is a lager, not an ale.

 

[Mortymoose]

Well that be time! 6 Months done and dusted and in the next two hours, we fathers are off on yet another camping trip to here.....



High thirties and a few beers will have to be taken to combat such heat.

However, this time around I shall be attempting "Moderation" and have brought only 30 cans of beer and added a case of sparkling water and shall attempt to swap suip, one water one beer....

Hold On Liver, Here comes Moose.....

 

[Jitters]

You gonna stamp those first two beers. I've found if I drink a sixer of water after those two they have time to catch up and then I can keep my wits about me. Good luck ol boy

 

[The Trutherizer]

Personally I changed my relationship with alcohol from a negative to a positive. Where I used to drink just to drink and please the crowd, I now drink for selfish pleasure.
Only drinks that are truly enjoyable. And only at times when it is truly enjoyable. Enjoyable for Me.

 

[Mortymoose]

Arrived.... and we be off...

 

[CB40]

So........ this has been the longest stint of sobriety since 1987, next Friday I will have successfully been sober for 6 months or 172 days to be precise.

I have much to say about this sabbatical of sobriety but battle to type with fat fingers whilst sipping coffee in my bed in the Eskom induced dark.

So I will add a few paragraphs later on in the day when I attend work to eke out a meagre income....

Well done Morty.

It's hard but worth it in the end.You can still be the life and soul of the party when you're sober.

It took me five hard years to stop and many many days spent in clinics.

I also nearly lost my kids at the time.

One day at a time and it works if you work it.