It took me a while to get that an empty house was not an invitation to drink.
Just because I'd often seen it that way did not mean that was appropriate thing for me to do or the best use of that time and space.
I wasn't some teenage kid looking for what I could get away with anymore, I was a nearly 40 year old man.
There'll be lots of support here over New Years....lots of advice on dealing with cravings here too:
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...-cravings.html
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