The alcohol illusion at christmas
 

Thanks for sharing, SW. The article is spot on! Looks like a really good website too.

D.

Thanks Delfin glad you like bud

Excellent stuff. I'm not sure how but the mith that somehow drinking is necessary to enjoy ourselves permiates our society.

In my drinking days I couldn't imagine the holidays without drinking. In reality the holidays are so much better sober. To be fully present and engaged, to feel real emotion and connect with others is what it is all about. It is so much better than the gray nothingness of alcohol

Thanks SW. Alcohol is the only drug I know of that people think you have a problem if you don't want to use it. How's that for some societal manipulation?

This will be my 3rd sober Christmas. I just Wish my Dad would be sober through the holidays. He has drinking problems but refuses to deal with them. *sigh*

Thanks guys

Thanks SW- really fantastic read! Spot on true.

Thanks Dharma

Thanks soberwolf!

My drinking was always magnified at the holidays. In looking back at my life I am aware that the holidays were always a depressing time as well. Though I 'liked' Christmas, it was somehow always a reminder of the lacking in my life... of gaps in my chikdhood, of lacking in my relationships and real intimacy. It was sad because it was a time for connection and deep inside I had holes where connection was longed for.

My last binge was a Christmastime disaster. I stopped drinking and chose sobriety and now am nearly two years sober.

Tr he first Christmas was tough not drinking as everyone around me boozed it up, but it was a good Christmas. This year I still feel a bit of the old holiday melancholy... but I'm not going to drink over it.

Sober is so much better

Thanks Wayward & FO

Great post!! :scoregood

Thanks, Wolf. :)

Thanks guys

The everyday illusion of alcohol doesn't stop for holidays, does it?

Thanks Trachs

Wolfie, you're always finding helpful stuff - this is very timely. :hug: Thank you.

Thanks Soberwolf.....great read.x

No problemo thank you all