Tag: Humor

  • Ode to a Genuinely Merry Christmas

    Ode to a Genuinely Merry Christmas

    To everyone working to stay truly present this holiday season, the BOOM Rethink the Drink Community offers this alcohol-free inspiration from our 2022 archive – Staying sober does not have to feel dry! ‘Twas a Sober December and all through my mindran a list of excuseswhy I should drink wine – Now I know that…

  • I’m not Drinking Today Because …

    I’m not Drinking Today Because …

    This is national PUNCTUATION DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’m a writer and I need to stay alcohol free to be able to write….anything at all worth reading. Unlike Ernest Hemingway, I can tell you without the teensiest reservation that booze did nothing for my craft. Lots of us writerly types struggle with alcohol and other sundry addictions. Creatives…

  • Top Ten Excuses not to Drink

    Top Ten Excuses not to Drink

    10. I find that drinking throws off my timing in the high hurdles enough so that I won’t make the Olympic team. 9. I’m pregnant. (Note: This is particularly successful if (1) you are a man, (2) you are a nun, or (3) you are clearly outside childbearing age.) 8. I’m doing a test to…

  • Top Ten Wonderful Things You'll Miss This Weekend if You Don’t Drink

    Top Ten Wonderful Things You'll Miss This Weekend if You Don’t Drink

    10. Alternating licking salt from some portion of your anatomy (or your date’s) with shots of tequila. 9. Selling large short uncovered contracts on cattle futures. 8. Performing a karaoke to Eminem’s “Lose Yourself”, a song that you have never heard. 7. Sharing way, WAY too much on Facebook. 6. Coming up with an idea…

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