Originally Posted by
21reeves 
Hi girls,
It's been a few weeks since I posted last. I'm doing fine, still sober. It's been a really busy time with schedules changes and additional activities.
Welcome to the newbies. I am a mom of a 10 year old and 8 year old. I had my last drink 87 days ago. I am glad to not have to worry about being drunk at night and having a possible emergency where I couldn't drive my kids anywhere. I'm glad to not have to arrange my schedule around wine or being really angry if I couldn't incorporate wine into my nightly scene. I'm glad to be more available for my girls and not wishing their bedtime would hurry up and get here. The cravings still come....usually as a visual of me downing a huge bottle of wine
When they come now, I am able to just be, and remind myself they are not real...physically anyway. I usually say, "just let it wash over you, they will be gone soon." It does still annoy the daylights out of me that I can't drink like "normal" people. However, I have experienced things as a child that "normal" people haven't. When I can identify the cravings as a need to self medicate, it makes it easier.
I have started becoming more comfortable with sharing my drinking issue with a few close friends. It feels good to be honest and have them be wonderful and supportive.
Hello thanks for sharing I'm a mother of a 13 yr old girl yea she just turned 13 thought I'd better wake up and pay attention sad to say it took so long I'm still in denial about damage control cuz i was an alcoholic who waited till 5 pm and drank into the night she knew... she knows I just got out of rehab for drinking cuz i want to be well but had no option except I hope u make friends mommy cuz i went 1000 miles away to 30 day rehab.see I'm going thru a divorce and here she old enough to choose where she wants to live..she choose him although he has mentally emotionally and physically abused me..I left March 2014... My step son was core of alot of our problems he 20 he has no job failed out 2 college. Smokes weed lays on couch with his gf and dead head friends hung over all day with no n life house a filthy wreck and he steals all my stuff stole all my gold and his dad never did a thing so situation was bad...but I was stay at home mom I had no money I was controlled. . I had no where to go really but a small camper and by then he brain washed my daughter him and his son that I was the bad person so she would not leave...as any good mother would do u be concerned and afraid to leave ur daughter in that chaos wit the step son and at this point she has seen and heard her dad dis repect me so much she had no respect for me wouldn't listen didn't even seen bothered by my tears Ikr... so I stayed and put up wit the crap course drinking cuz i couldn't deal wit that straight just straight up disrespect after changing both those kids diapers my step son his mom gave him to us at age 4 so I've had that problem and his dad won't let me do nothing after 17 yrs of taking care of him anyway I had to stay until my daughter started her period at least..thankfully she did b4 the last straw when kody robbed me again and I went off to his dad about it kody was out spending my money well my husband jumped up and put his hands on me the last time......march14...I left..an lived in sm camper no water an my daughter did not even care...now today I made him rent me a house I live alone I'm hurt I'm sober...I'm lonely... what is God's plan for me...my daughter coming around but she seeing I won't let her or him treat me like dirt no more.. He broke my heart I think I still Love him cuz i don't want to loose my family and miss her life cuz of him..... Please help Me