Monday, September 15, 2008

Let me take you back to Thursday September 4th, the very night when I was re-editing the 2editors1mac video. That night I had drank 3 sodas during the day and was about to start on my fourth. But that Fourth was my last. I sat there, empty can in hand, thinking "why, why do I drink this stuff, Why do I drink so much of this stuff." My past was checkered. Working at a movie theatre was like a full time soda party. It had to end. My brother was able to end his soda loving ways. Today he says "I find that I no longer like carbonated things." Now thats change! And now it was my time to shine. So I stopped. No more. And it has been 11(eleven) days since than. 11 days strong. But this means much much more water. Much more Gatorade. However, change is not always easy. The first day, Friday 9/5, was bad. Headaches and short temper. That day had also been deemed by my dorm hall mates Play Really Crappy Loud Music while we get ready for a party where we can drink alcohol because we are adults now simply because there are no parents to tell us no. This is when the biking started. I biked for 20 straight minutes that night, hoping to clear my head. It worked and I made it through the night. The rest of the days came pretty easy. Except I do not applaud my school cafeteria for making soda the easiest drink option available. I pay much more for my Gatorades then if a chose Pepsi. That's there problem. Now I cannot say I will never drink soda again. But I can honestly say that I will not drink it as much as I used to. The biggest challenge of college is self-control. I can say that I am doing well in that category! 

So now I continue on, reforming my unhealthy ways!!


So to recap:

I was like this
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And Now I am like this:
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But all that water and Gatorade left me with quite a bit of recyclables 
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and of course
This is what I looked like when I wrote this
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Alright!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm proud of you man.

Anonymous said...

haha charles said you complained about no one reading your blog. so i read it. i love the pictures and i'm proud you overcame your addiction.

Dadog said...

its hard to quit. Especially when not getting a soda is more expensive.... ANyway love the soda addiction picture.