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Gerb de Column Writer: Turven
I stopped at 50. This is really not normal, but I secretly knew it a bit. Other than that I'm normal, but I just had to tally.…
Monique: Resist the temptation
Well, you can't say I avoided the temptation last weekend, wine-technically that is. As mentioned, we went into town on Friday evening for a snack…
Esther: Never drink again?
I can sometimes think and act in black and white. Everything or nothing. My house colorful or completely white? 120 % bet on a project or am I bored to death? French fries or green…
Caecil: Nighttime discomforts
I wake up in the middle of the night. Sweat is pouring out all over me and my heart is beating like crazy. It feels like my blood with a…
ZLM: enthusiastic and healthy employees
“We want a healthy working environment for our employees,” says Marjolein Bolleman of ZLM Verzekeringen. “Participating in IkPas fits in well with that. The healthier someone lives; the better a…
Monique: Environment: support us
“Why are you doing this to yourself? You can just drink only on weekends, right?” I was told when I told my work that I was participating again…
Caecil: Forty Days to Ponder
Two years ago I participated in IkPas. Because I started on the day after Ash Wednesday, I participated the entire Lent. I saw that as a kind of Ramadan…
Monique: no race yet
Well, there I am, with a glass of wine next to me, typing a bit about quitting alcohol for 40 days. It is March 3rd and I now see…
Gerb de Column Writer: This time will be a breeze
Geez, I was bummed. When I think back, I still see everything spinning. Get three, pay one. I was about seventeen and went out with…
Former participants: the best ambassadors
Of course we have the results of the previous campaigns, scientific studies and survey results that say that putting your alcohol consumption on hold is good for you. That it is great and…
Take the last boyfriend away
“People have the feeling that their last boyfriend is being taken away,” Lindo Duvall sums up the resistance to putting your alcohol consumption on hold. Last year the Veronica deejay did a…