Originally Posted by DailyDuchess

I’ve been sober for 24 hours, I never drink on weekdays so I’m feeling fine at the moment.

It’s my birthday on Friday and my family has organised a huge family dinner, I’m normally the life and soul of the party until I black out and say something to upset someone.

I’m not ready to tell them that I’ve decided to stop drinking, but they’ll know that something is ‘up’ with me if I’m not chugging on a bottle of wine.

I don’t know whether to cancel and hide away or to face this first battle with the determination that I am not going to drink.