onsdag 12.08.09

At Roskilde without a drop of alcohol

Tor Even travelled from Norway to Roskilde to experience a festival week – being completely sober. That wins him a certificate.

Tor Even K. Mortensen from Norway is the proud owner of a very special Roskilde Festival certificate. The print on the certificate says, "for having successfully endured, in complete sober condition throughout, Roskilde Festival".

It was a personal experiment where Tor Even wanted to prove to himself that he could easily visit a festival and have a good time without being intoxicated.

Tor Even thinks that the experiment has been a great success. He has been much more able to enjoy the concerts, the camp atmosphere and being with his friends.

"I met many nice people with whom I have shared lots of great music experiences – and I felt that we were 'on the same level'. I never felt lonely in my sobriety."

The hot sun also made an effort to ensure that Tor Even should not think of alcohol.

"It was a very hot festival. I'm from Finnmark in the northern part of Norway, so I cannot stand heat in such great amounts. I drank lots of water – the festival was great at making sure that drinking water was available everywhere as the temperature rose. I have also come to appreciate the great coffee," he says.

The 'being-sober-challenge' has a background in a darker story about how consumption ended up in a long-standing misuse of alcohol and drugs. Tor Even quitted that misuse 18 months ago – and since then he has not been anywhere near any intoxicants.

Still, he wants to be able to have fun – and to go to music festivals.

Unlike other festivals Tor Even has gone to, this time he will remember everything. And if not, the festival certificate will be a memory of the visit and the achievement.

Tor Even does not believe that he has yet been at his final Roskilde Festival.

Tor Even from Norway (not the guy on the picture) enjoyed this year's Roskilde Festival without consuming intoxidants - photo: Marie Joensen
 

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