Alcoholism - The slow turn

This has been a long time coming - after all the frivolous stories told about my stay in Hong Kong in the end it turned out not as well as I would have liked. For those of you who know me I came upon quite turbulent times then. I'll skip forward to the events that happened now

I've been wanting for a long time to put my thoughts on paper for the main purposes of sharing my experiences and to try and make sense of all the jumbled thoughts that have wandered aimlessly through my mind.

I'd become comfortable again after my trials with alcohol in Hong Kong thinking that the environment that was left behind were responsible for my behaviour. By the way I owe my life to the talkative Irishman, the proud Hong Kong mix as well as the Angry American Chinese woman for giving me this second chance to re-start my life back in New York. I don't think that I really expressed just how grateful I am but this is all I have for now.

I started drinking socially (You know, be one of the boys and have a big night out). It was a good way to blow off steam. This slowly esculating to drinking a little bit by myself as it promised short term relief from the stress and responsibilities that were accumulating (i.e. work, social lonliness, family pressures etc)... Then I needed to grab a quick drink to make the sleeping easier. It seemed so harmless