OK...Here we go...Day ONE!
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OK...Here we go...Day ONE!
Wow...awesome input last night, thanks to everyone.
Yes today may be an odd day to pick as my start date....I may not be successful, but I woke up this morning WANTING to try. So rather than just tell myself it is no use today, I am going to give it a go.
Thanks again to everyone for all the straight talk last night. You gave me a lot of things to think about.
This morning I'm feeling a little less hopeless...I actually woke up feeling as if I have a bit more fuel than I have in a long time.
Being the holidays, I won't be around much over the next 4 or 5 days (we'll be out of town)...but I'll try to get online to keep you posted and get support.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all.
Tam.
Yes today may be an odd day to pick as my start date....I may not be successful, but I woke up this morning WANTING to try. So rather than just tell myself it is no use today, I am going to give it a go.
Thanks again to everyone for all the straight talk last night. You gave me a lot of things to think about.
This morning I'm feeling a little less hopeless...I actually woke up feeling as if I have a bit more fuel than I have in a long time.
Being the holidays, I won't be around much over the next 4 or 5 days (we'll be out of town)...but I'll try to get online to keep you posted and get support.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all.
Tam.
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No time like the present! 
And what better gift can you give your children for Christmas than a sober mom?? What better gift can you give yourself, for that matter?
Hugs and love, and best wishes for you. Merry Christmas.
And what better gift can you give your children for Christmas than a sober mom?? What better gift can you give yourself, for that matter?Hugs and love, and best wishes for you. Merry Christmas.
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We just got back from a 'Christmas Cheer' gathering where there was plenty of drinks and food....and I didn't have one drink.
That was enough of a test though, I cancelled our attendance at a second gathering we were due at this evening. I didn't think I'd make it through that one.
Let's hope I can do the same tomorrow...but I won't worry about that now, I still have to make it through till the end of this day/night without a drink.
Tay.
That was enough of a test though, I cancelled our attendance at a second gathering we were due at this evening. I didn't think I'd make it through that one.
Let's hope I can do the same tomorrow...but I won't worry about that now, I still have to make it through till the end of this day/night without a drink.
Tay.
Enjoy your holidays. 
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MADE IT!
Didn't take a drink yesterday. It was super hard last night as my hubby and I have a Christmas Eve tradition, X-Mas carols and wine in front of the tree while we open our stockings.....hubby had the wine, I had a ginger-ale.
It was tough and I thought about having a glass and then starting my sobriety again after X-Mas...but somehow I made it.
So today is Day Two...if I make it through today it will be an absolute miracle!....actually it is tomorrow that is going to be the toughest, tomorrow is the day all the family and friends come to the house for the big family dinner and drinks...but I'll worry about tomorrow..tomorrow.
Ok...off the open gifts with the kids.....I'm super grateful to be sober and not hungover this morning and to have all the blessings I do.
Merry Christmas All!
Tay.
Didn't take a drink yesterday. It was super hard last night as my hubby and I have a Christmas Eve tradition, X-Mas carols and wine in front of the tree while we open our stockings.....hubby had the wine, I had a ginger-ale.
It was tough and I thought about having a glass and then starting my sobriety again after X-Mas...but somehow I made it.
So today is Day Two...if I make it through today it will be an absolute miracle!....actually it is tomorrow that is going to be the toughest, tomorrow is the day all the family and friends come to the house for the big family dinner and drinks...but I'll worry about tomorrow..tomorrow.
Ok...off the open gifts with the kids.....I'm super grateful to be sober and not hungover this morning and to have all the blessings I do.
Merry Christmas All!
Tay.
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Day Four and still going!
Last night was the big family Christmas dinner and before dinner was served, my sister-in-law went around the table and filled everyone's wine glasses with their usual preference. I sat through that whole dinner with a glass of wine in front of me and my husband asking me several times...'are you not going to drink your wine?'.....then, after dinner when the table was cleared and the family game 'Cranium' was busted out and more drinks were prepared, my family asked me several times what I wanted to drink and I said 'I don't feel like a drink thanks, just ginger-ale'. So I made it through a difficult day, I was surrounded all day and night by people drinking.
I know I should have told my husband I am trying to quit again, but I've said that SO MANY TIMES that I feel foolish saying it again. So I toughed it out myself. But now that we are home I am going to have a talk with him letting him know I need his full support.
Anyways, here I am on day four.
Tay.
Last night was the big family Christmas dinner and before dinner was served, my sister-in-law went around the table and filled everyone's wine glasses with their usual preference. I sat through that whole dinner with a glass of wine in front of me and my husband asking me several times...'are you not going to drink your wine?'.....then, after dinner when the table was cleared and the family game 'Cranium' was busted out and more drinks were prepared, my family asked me several times what I wanted to drink and I said 'I don't feel like a drink thanks, just ginger-ale'. So I made it through a difficult day, I was surrounded all day and night by people drinking.
I know I should have told my husband I am trying to quit again, but I've said that SO MANY TIMES that I feel foolish saying it again. So I toughed it out myself. But now that we are home I am going to have a talk with him letting him know I need his full support.
Anyways, here I am on day four.
Tay.
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