Hi Jen
Like I think I mentioned last time for a lot of us it's like a love affair with an abusive spouse.
We keep going back to alcohol to see if the relationship changes but it never does.
I knew I had to quit. I was dying, but I still missed alcohol for a while...
My addiction had me so brainwashed I was several months into recovery until I 'came to'.
One day it was like the scales fell from my eyes and I saw how empty that love affair was and how close to self destruction that relationship had bought me.
Alcohol was not my friend, or my lover.
My relationship with alcohol - my addictive relationship with alcohol - was going to kill me unless I gave it up - but before that, it would cause me to lose everything I loved.
I saw then the truth - clear as day.
I could drink - or I could be the person I wanted to be
I could drink - or I could live the life I wanted to live.
But not both - I had to choose.
Don't lose the people who really love you by choosing alcohol.
$13? great investment in your recovery by pouring the rest of the poison away.
D