ddrayer

I hosted a small work gathering of about 8 people tonight. There was a ton of alcohol present. But I went to a meeting before hand, and had almost no trouble not drinking. When I was getting home and the liquor was in the house, there was a single moment of temptation but after that it was fine. No one made a single comment or asked why I wasn't drinking.

Most amazingly, I had a freaking blast. Being sober means you can actually enjoy and remember the night! Crazy. Thanks SR for the support headed into the weekend. One more test tomorrow night, but should be far less alcohol with the bosses as opposed to those I supervise. Slightly older crowd with way less of the party mindset.

Marius76

Nice work dd, that's encouraging to hear, great to have a good time and actually remember it!

endlesspatience

Yes, well done. Had a challenging moment on Thursday when my boss and all my colleagues headed down to the pub after work and asked me to join them. I said I had some more stuff to do in the office and ploughed on with the task in hand. There was a strong temptation to be resentful. But resenful of making a fool of myself in front of all my co-workers? Resentful of a hangover? Worst of all heading off on yet another weekend binge? No, nothing to resent. I was the lucky one. And someone's got to do some work, right?

LadyinBC

Awesome job drayer!

Deleteda

That was great DD, well done

aasharon90

Parties are fun, but in recovery it's also
awesome to know that I don't have to
experience uncomfortable feelings with
the choices I can make today. For me,
I know that being around alcohol will make
me feel uneasy and is too tempting, so to
avoid that uncomfortable feeling, I avoid
setting myself up for those feelings.

I like those happy, freeing feelings in life
today which helps me live a more peaceful
life each day im sober.

least

Good for you for staying sober!!

Notmyrealname

If you're the supervisor your underlings probably expect you to stay dry. Kinda sets a bad example when you're swinging from the light fixtures an all.

Good work on keeping your cool.

fatherof2ds

Nicely done! Another challenge overcome.

ddrayer

Nomyrealname, thats actually a really good point that I hadn't really considered before. Endless, I struggle with that as well, every Tuesday the company does a "happy hour" at one of the local bars and I had a hard time shrugging that off and doing work. Fortunately I suppose I do have a large amount of work to get done so that helps. Also aasharon, I appreciate the sentiments and agree for the most part. Unfortunately I had committed to hosting this get together several months ago when I was still drinking every single day. I didn't really think it was fair to back out on rewarding my employees for an amazing end of year last year. Although you raise an interesting point, I guess that if I had restructured "the reward" I am sure they would have been just as happy with something else that didn't include alcohol.

Thanks for the support all. It really felt great. I didn't feel uneasy at all, and as mentioned actually had a lot of fun. Happy saturday to all.

Actually this is the first time I've made double digits in terms of days sober in 5 years!

vegibean

Nice, congrats!!

Commited2Change

thanks for this post .. its encouraging to know that it can be done... i have a wedding next week that i am so nervous about... but i will have SR in hand the whole time on my phone lol

ddrayer

I got faith committed! For about 5 minutes I felt weird, but after I just relaxed and tried to let myself have fun, low and behold...I started having sober fun.