hi everybody, Day 13 SOBER
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hi everybody, Day 13 SOBER
i know many of you are struggling with your early sobriety and it is hard for all of us.
last year i did three months sober then went home for Christmas and my very negative brother stressed me out so much (i could tell how bad it was because my tooth started aching because my blood pressure shot up; this is the tooth that badly needed a root canal) that i drank myself into oblivion before i got on the plane and almost puked on the plane.
this year i am not going home for Christmas, for a host of reasons, mostly economic and to avoid the stress of travel and family that drinks.
i do understand that my sobriety is fragile and precious. but i am finding it easy, just like i did last year for three months until i found alcohol readily available at a friend's house right before i boarded the plane.
alcohol is readily available to me at work too, as i am a bartender, but i know better than that! i can't lose my job........it is very corporate and they watch us like hawks.
what is my point? heck, i don't know. just wanted to check in with everybody.......maybe the point is to avoid stress when you are trying to sober up? good lord temptation is everywhere........
bottom line, i feel much better not drinking.
anyway, everybody, have a great day and thanks for reading.
shuga
last year i did three months sober then went home for Christmas and my very negative brother stressed me out so much (i could tell how bad it was because my tooth started aching because my blood pressure shot up; this is the tooth that badly needed a root canal) that i drank myself into oblivion before i got on the plane and almost puked on the plane.
this year i am not going home for Christmas, for a host of reasons, mostly economic and to avoid the stress of travel and family that drinks.
i do understand that my sobriety is fragile and precious. but i am finding it easy, just like i did last year for three months until i found alcohol readily available at a friend's house right before i boarded the plane.
alcohol is readily available to me at work too, as i am a bartender, but i know better than that! i can't lose my job........it is very corporate and they watch us like hawks.
what is my point? heck, i don't know. just wanted to check in with everybody.......maybe the point is to avoid stress when you are trying to sober up? good lord temptation is everywhere........
bottom line, i feel much better not drinking.
anyway, everybody, have a great day and thanks for reading.
shuga
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that's 312 hours, a year is 8760 hours and so it goes.
Early on in sobriety, holidays weren't as much fun.
I was especially glad for the AA parties around the holidays.
If, being with your family means there's going to be drinking, probably just as well to avoid them this year.
There will be a time later on, you'll be able to attend family gatherings.
Early on in sobriety, holidays weren't as much fun.
I was especially glad for the AA parties around the holidays.
If, being with your family means there's going to be drinking, probably just as well to avoid them this year.
There will be a time later on, you'll be able to attend family gatherings.
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