1 year!
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1 year!
In about 1 hour (11pm EST), I'll be exactly 365 days since my last drink!
Oct 1 last year at 11ish I stumbled home drunk with the help of a couple of my neighbors. Blackout drunk, poor husband kept texting me to come home and help put the kids in bed. Woke up the next morning totally embarrassed and shameful, hungover, etc. Certainly not the first time I blacked out or made a fool of myself, but this time it clicked. I know it's only a year, but I have to occasionally remind myself... shaming myself almost. I'm sure it's not the healthiest way, but it works. Mostly, these days, I don't really think about alcohol, l stay busy running and doing mom stuff. Still, i feel like an outcast and I seclude myself because it seems like so many people just drink. I feel like I have to make an excuse. I can't be like those other moms who get together and drink wine. And do they seriously need to mix margaritas at a book club! I shouldn't have resentment towards these "normal" people, but !!!!!!! Anyway, I went off on a tangent so back to sipping some ginger tea to celebrate 1YEAR!!!
Oct 1 last year at 11ish I stumbled home drunk with the help of a couple of my neighbors. Blackout drunk, poor husband kept texting me to come home and help put the kids in bed. Woke up the next morning totally embarrassed and shameful, hungover, etc. Certainly not the first time I blacked out or made a fool of myself, but this time it clicked. I know it's only a year, but I have to occasionally remind myself... shaming myself almost. I'm sure it's not the healthiest way, but it works. Mostly, these days, I don't really think about alcohol, l stay busy running and doing mom stuff. Still, i feel like an outcast and I seclude myself because it seems like so many people just drink. I feel like I have to make an excuse. I can't be like those other moms who get together and drink wine. And do they seriously need to mix margaritas at a book club! I shouldn't have resentment towards these "normal" people, but !!!!!!! Anyway, I went off on a tangent so back to sipping some ginger tea to celebrate 1YEAR!!!
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Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Out in the Stix of Southern Indiana
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Congratulations! you don't know how many of the wine sipping moms have drinking issues that aren't being dealt with. All you need to take care of is you and sounds like you are doing an awesome job!
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Join Date: Jan 2015
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I'm very early on in my journey, and I love to hear from those like you who have had success. It's a great inspiration for me. As far as the book clubs, my wife recently quit one because she said it was simply an excuse for the women to get together and drink! I can't even imagine making it one year but I'm trying. 
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