matthewlee

I was paying for gas and those glorious looking 22oz beers caught my attention. I thought.. "just one won't be a big deal, you've made it 3 weeks.. you don't have a problem." Even opened the cooler door and started reading alchohol % content on the microbrew labels.

Then I caught myself.. conjured up a mental image of me sitting alone, drinking in a dark room. Not an uncommon scene in my past. Thought about how crappy I felt in that scenario and that mental image snapped me out of it.

Picked up a craft root beer instead, did the trick!

Gilmer

Good job!

hayley86

Good for you! Congrats on three weeks sober!

MariahGayle

Way to go Mathew

least

Congrats on three weeks sober. And good for you for getting root beer instead.

pupkin

Good for you, mathewlee. I know so well what a huge feat it is that you actually had the cooler open. . .then closed it again. Way to play the tape to the end.

One thing I've been trying to remind myself is that I don't really want just one.

And god forbid I bought the one, had it, enjoyed it, went to bed, and woke up next day like a normal person. That would only reinforce the false notion that I didn't have a problem (and has, multiple times). And then: game over.

Well done. Keep it up.

matthewlee

I screwed up a few days after this post and bought one. About halfway through I was disgusted with myself and poured it down the drain.

PurpleKnight

Keep pushing through!! Throwing half of it away is still positive!!

peace2uuu

Root Beer is now my drink of choice!!! loving it and it has helped me to get to Day 30 today clean and sober

heartcore

Bravo! The fantasy doesn't match the reality. That's it. That's everything.

luvmygirls

Good for you for pouring it out. I'm glad you came back and posted here about it.