I felt sad for a woman in my women's meeting that said she slipped. She is a really great person, so it bothered me to see it. But this was the first time I could see that someone was actually dealing with the real thing. I've gone to meetings where I heard people say they had twenty seven years sober, and I could not relate to that. I hear people say they slipped up in the past, but this was the first time I saw it. To see someone deal with her struggles, helped me.
It's still been pretty easy for me to not drink. But I don't have a husband drinking around me. And I have not been around drinking since I quit drinking in November. The funny thing is, I still have that bottle wine in my closet for "just in case I really want it". For some reason, that security blanket makes me feel better. To know I can have it if I really want to drink, that it is not forbidden.