I'm not much into new year's resolutions, but for some inexplicable reason at a party last New Year's Eve, I decided to quit drinking. I was appropriately inebriated for such an event, so, ironically, that may have impaired my judgement.

My wife made no such foolish promises to herself so we still have beer, wine and liquor in the house and we still attend lots of functions with lots of alcohol. I just drink diet pepsi and try to stay amused. It's been a fascinating social experiment for me.

It's interesting...it was easier to keep in the beginning. Summer was tougher because we live on a large lake and typically drink a LOT of beer on the water. Football season was tougher. Tailgating is pretty boring without brewski's. The closer I get to achieving this goal, the tougher it's getting. I find myself doing mental calculations on the number of days left. 11 days to go right now.

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