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Well I'll tell ya, the way to get 'it to stop' would be to stop drinking, and I'm really not being facetious. Last year was my first sober holiday season since I was very very young, and looking back now I have no idea why I thought any particular season was harder than any other time.. I certainly didn't wait for a holiday to get here to go out and get drunk. I just declined invites to parties, and I really didn't get broken hearted over it.. I survived not going! lol.. My husband and I found other things to do, and looking forward to this holiday season and after a year plus sobriety I wonder why anyone associates holidays with drinking, when the time can be much better spent and associated with friends, family, giving, thankfulness, watching silly christmas movies, eating fabulous food, lazing around by the fire, building snowmen etc..
When I first got sober it was the start of football season. I thought I had picked a horrible time to quit, and then realized that if I kept waiting until a 'good time', I'd die a drunk. Drinking and football *seemed* to go together, but really, looking back.. it ws just another excuse to go to the bar and "celebrate" (or if you live in Denver like I do, drown your sorrows). Excuses. Just like New Years, 4th of July, the Holiday Season, Football, Summer, Winter, weekends, birthdays, weekdays.. the sky is blue.. the weather is crappy.. Yeah, it was hard.. I had to change my life. It's so much more about the not drinking, it's an entire life change, and tho it seems scary at first.. I can say it's been the best thing I've done in my life, so far.