This is a great thread.
4.15 Saturday afternoon here. My hangover would have eased by now. I would have spent all day curled up on the sofa feeling full of anxiety and regret. I would take a couple of diazepam to help with the shakes as last nights alcohol left my system. Wine would be chilling ready to start again. I religiously left it til 6 o'clock to start drinking again...that was only sensible after all....
Instead I've just sat down after a busy day. I went for my Saturday morning therapy session, then straight to the local shopping centre and bought the last of my Christmas presents. Struggled to the car with armfuls of gifts and drove home with the window down and singing along to Christmas songs on the radio. I've cleaned the house, done a weeks worth of ironing, and wrapped presents. I've had chats with my daughter and her friends who have taken over the house, listened to their teenage conversations about boyfriends and universities and remembered how it was....