SSIL75

I got up this morning and when I went to put in my contacts I looked in the mirror reflexively. I looked OK. My face is thinner than it was (well, not bloated, I guess). Not as red.

It struck me that when I'm drinking the first thing I do when I go into the bathroom is open the cabinet so I can't see myself in the mirror. Sad.

stephnc

Great to hear, SSIL. I know when I was drinking I looked like sh!t. Keep up the good work!

Anna

Denial is a big part of addiction.

I'm glad you're feeling and looking better.

aasharon90

When looking in the mirror
after a few glasses of alcohol,
I thought I looked great.

Then when I looked in the
mirror without a drink I
looked worn down.

Of course if I wanted
to look good I had to feel
good and thus a drink always
made me feel good. Until
it wore off.

And so the cycle continued
on and on. Look good, feel
good drink.

I couldnt get off that merry
go round till I was fed the
knowledge of how alcohol
affected my body and mind.

That knowledge was the right
medicine to help me learn
to live life without alcohol
one day at a time.

I always had a distorted vison
in the mirror when I drank and
was under the enfluence of
alcohol.

Today without alcohol in my
system I can see clearly. It
is the real me in the morror.

A kind, caring, loving woman
who is so grateful to be living
free and happier without
alcohol.

So can you.