mariposa, I think I made up all kinds of romantic stories about alcohol. The beach! drink!
Dinner out/drink!
Parties - drink.
Baseball games
Fun with friends
You get the idea.
In fact, it was everything BUT the alcohol that were the fun parts of all of that. One drink, maybe fun. I don't quit at one drink. So it's really about ten drinks and then forgetting what even happened at the party. And being sick afterwards and afraid something might have happened that shouldn't have happened. Even worse, when that something actually DID happen and I had to face the fallout.
Play that tape all the way through that drink. That One Drink is what causes all the drama.
It's really good you have a plan for water (to drink) and an escape. That's how we do it!
Signed,
Sober Toolbox
And don't forget the sunscreen