Lessons learned...
Things I learned over Christmas...
Feelings aren't facts...they can change in an instant, helpless to hopeful, angry to calm, hurt to helping others. I bounced between all of those. And none of them caused me to drink.
Other people drinking around me cannot make me drink. I can have fun, love and laugh much easier without it. Sitting playing a board game as the only sober person in the family did not make me feel isolated as I feared. I still enjoyed it. And I didn't suffer the next day.
I need to really listen and be open to signs nudging me in the direction I must take. To do this I must be free of fear. And to do that I must have faith. Working on my spiritual side is of paramount importance.
My sobriety is reliant on no-one and no situation. It is between me and my God. There is no one person or one situation that will cause me to drink if my faith remains strong.
I can survive Christmas!! And right now...I am looking forward to what the New Year will bring. Thanks my friends.