Day 25 and sober weekend no. 4 just gone. My wife isn't a big drinker, and with me not buying alcohol she didn't drink until this weekend when we had a close relative stay. Between them they drank over the weekend less than half what I used to drink in a night, but I could clearly see the tiredness and irritability creeping in on Sunday. I recognised these symptoms very clearly, because I would suffer with them myself most weekends, but much much worse. It felt like looking in from the outside.
I've arranged to travel next weekend to take the family to see my mum on Mother's Day. It's a long journey and I've never bothered before because, a) the thought of driving all that way with a hangover, and b) what's the point meeting up if I can't drink? I'm really looking forward to it now I'm free from alcohol.
Cravings are becoming fewer but still very intense when they strike. I'm getting a glimpse of how a sober future will look and feel and it's great.
Keep posting everyone.
