My phone informed me this week that I'd reached 900 days. Every time I get a milestone, I'm still like wow, that’s a lot of days. Recently, I've been thinking about the things I miss. It's cos I reinstalled Facebook on my phone to ironically tell people I'm leaving Facebook. I've been inundated with Facebook memories that automatically send you down an "Oh, I wonder what they're doing now?" "Oo, look how much fun I was having there." It was a great addition to Facebook when they created the memory lane function, where users look at the past with rose-tinted glasses hooked to their screen; this is how they get you stuck in the addiction cycle.
I also don't know if it was just Facebook or seeing people summer partying that the missing alcohol came to my brain. I have had to change my social life, meaning I spend much more time alone. As I've been pet/house-sitting too, I've been arriving at new places and moving beers from fridges out of view or putting something over people's wine rack…
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