Friday, huh? I've never been a weekend-only drinker. From the time I was of a legal age to drink, it was on. So luckily (unluckily) for me sober weekends held no special challenges. Everything was a challenge. Every thought, everything I did, every event, I had sculpted into a drinking event. That's quite a lot of associations!
Now, more than three and a half years sober I still have a random thought about having a drink, but it doesn't have any pull at all. It's a fleeting thought, much like a thought of - oh - that yellow dress I used to have. It's a, "Where did that come from?" thought. Just like I don't spend any time reminiscing about wearing a dress that is long gone, I don't spend time reminiscing about drinking days.
They were part of me, now they aren't. It's SO MUCH better on this side. So, so much better.
I'm in for a sober weekend. Business as usual! So nice to see old screen names.
Anyone who is struggling, please post, join in. You'd be surprised how much good it does to just say it out loud (ok, type it.)