Oh zen! Listen....I hear you about the pain and worry! And I know what I'm talking about when I say that!
I'm in the middle of a really bad MS flare up. I'm in a wheelchair right now...yep! Me. In a wheelchair. Um, hello..... I'm a long distance runner....the wheelchair thing is NOT in my plan!! And the pain....yep....lots of pain. And the worry about the future.....yep...lots of worry.
But you know, I'm STILL accountable to myself for how I handle this situation....the pain, the uncertainty, the worry. All THAT stuff is going to be there regardless if I choose to drink or not. All that stuff does not give me the green light to just say WTF and get wasted into oblivion because the truth is that I am going to fight like hell to get better! And I can't do that drunk!! And neither can you.
Xoxo