2 week update...
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2 week update...
So the other night my wife opens a bottle of wine and asks if I want a glass. She knows I have a problem, but I don't think she understands that there is no such thing as just a glass of wine for me. As much as I wish I could be that person, it just isn't in the cards.
She hasn't had anything to drink out of respect for me, even though I insist that she continues to do whatever she wants. She finished her glass and we went to bed.
What!? There's alcohol in the house and I didn't drink it all?
Last night she is talking about our friends and how much they drink... I asked her if we ever met... She was always the one who told me I had a problem, but maybe seeing me quit for these 2 weeks she doesn't think so anymore? She pours a glass of wine and asks if I want one, I chuckle and decline again. I'm sure she's not being malicious, so I explain to her that I'm not wired to only be able to have just one.
I wake up this morning and see half a bottle of wine on the counter...
I'm not tempted in the least, I'm just jealous seeing someone being normal knowing that I can't...
That, plus I thank God she drinks reisling, because if it was anything else I might have took her up on the offer...
But still, 2 nights of knowing there is any kind booze in the house and not drinking it dry makes me think I can really do this...
Just a rant, this is like my personal journal...
She hasn't had anything to drink out of respect for me, even though I insist that she continues to do whatever she wants. She finished her glass and we went to bed.
What!? There's alcohol in the house and I didn't drink it all?
Last night she is talking about our friends and how much they drink... I asked her if we ever met... She was always the one who told me I had a problem, but maybe seeing me quit for these 2 weeks she doesn't think so anymore? She pours a glass of wine and asks if I want one, I chuckle and decline again. I'm sure she's not being malicious, so I explain to her that I'm not wired to only be able to have just one.
I wake up this morning and see half a bottle of wine on the counter...
I'm not tempted in the least, I'm just jealous seeing someone being normal knowing that I can't...
That, plus I thank God she drinks reisling, because if it was anything else I might have took her up on the offer...
But still, 2 nights of knowing there is any kind booze in the house and not drinking it dry makes me think I can really do this...
Just a rant, this is like my personal journal...
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congrats on 2 weeks. there are many publications that explain alcohol addiction - the web?
maybe educate her more on the subject so she has a better understanding...
also, only two weeks and seeing that half bottle of wine, just be careful. there seems to be a false sense of "I got this licked" going around. It creeps up on you when you least expect it. Better safe than sorry. Get her onboard with it and when she fully understands the situation and wants to support you, she'll most likely go on a sabbatical of her own. My wife quit drinking six months before I did. She was hoping it would influence me to cut down - it didn't work, but when I finally did quit, she was already stopped and it was amazingly helpful.
maybe educate her more on the subject so she has a better understanding...
also, only two weeks and seeing that half bottle of wine, just be careful. there seems to be a false sense of "I got this licked" going around. It creeps up on you when you least expect it. Better safe than sorry. Get her onboard with it and when she fully understands the situation and wants to support you, she'll most likely go on a sabbatical of her own. My wife quit drinking six months before I did. She was hoping it would influence me to cut down - it didn't work, but when I finally did quit, she was already stopped and it was amazingly helpful.
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