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Then just post once. Took quite a long time to do it. After all, you shouldn't talk too much about yourself, but the realization…

Recently I read somewhere that it would take 21 days for something constant to become a habit. When you drink six mugs of coffee every day or, for example, a glass of wine during…

Dear IkPassers, our 40 days have been over for a while. I'll be honest: at the start of this second campaign I was full of confidence and not drinking went…

When I participated in IkPas for the very first time two years ago, I counted down the days until it was over. Literally and figuratively. I couldn't wait for the…

This week I am writing my sixth blog for Ik Pas. Next week the last one, 'le grand finale'. I signed up with the organization to write the blogs. On…

Two years ago, my cardiologist once suggested not drinking for 6-8 weeks in order to measure the effect of alcohol on my arrhythmias. I looked at him with concern, apparently, because he…

I'm sure when you read the title you thought for a moment: "Huh, what is this about again?". Don't worry, I'm certainly not going to preach the gospel.…

A few years ago my friend Beatrijs* really had to take a break. Alone, without her children, she went to a Five Star Resort (her own words) for 6 weeks…

It's just getting to be. Not drinking, I'm used to it by now. Of course: on the weekend I do feel like a glass of wine every now and then. But…

Drinking is the new smoking. More and more we are being rubbed under the nose that alcohol is really very bad for you. First you were 'allowed' 14 units per week…

Last week's election results had a lot to do with it. Disbelief, confirmation, trembling and euphoria are sweeping the land. Politics is discussed in all sorts of places: work is all about…