This is hard as hell
I had a couple of drinks on Xmas. Truth.
I really had not planned to drink...you know the "it's Xmas so I can drink on that day" argument.
I had friends over and we went to downtown Dallas to see the lights. Neiman Marcus has a huge display. Anyway... we were walking about and across the street from the Neiman Marcus display was a man all bundled up sitting on a bench. He looked so sad and helpless. He had his dog with him. I was struck by the dichotomy of the situation. We were enjoying the Xmas decorations and all, but then he was there with his pup and it just upset me. My friends didn't say anything about it...dunno if they even saw him. I did not say anything either. We came home, I made dinner, but I could get this man's face out of my mind.
So, I had a drink, and another and another and then stopped. 3 drinks.
So I know I blew my sobriety that I had since Thanksgiving. And I have to pick up and move on. But..in going forward, I need to be ready for inadvertent events like this one. How do you prepare? This was a perfect storm I guess.