Insight
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Insight
I had an interesting experience I wanted to share. At the beginning of December my wife and I took her parents on a week cruise in the Caribbean. My wife's parents are immigrants to the U.S. and have worked very hard for 40 years and have never really had a vacation and my wife and I wanted to do something nice for them. I was very nervous about the whole thing because I had never been on a cruise since I have gotten sober and it is rife with temptation. Every time I had gone I had gotten roaring drunk at some point and became a problem for those around me. I knew they had meetings on the boat and I took advantage of that but one of the most powerful things that kept me straight was seeing the ridiculousness of the drunk people on board. My family all knows of my issues and I would not go to the bars to get a water or soda, I just don't trust myself when it comes to alcohol, so my family would always do it for me. After a few days I saw the antics and behavior that I KNOW I used to be just like and it absolutely turned my stomach with shame. One night I was going to our room to get something for my wife and a woman collapsed drunk on me in an elevator and I helped carry her to her room. I saw fights, people loosing thousands in casinos all while drunk. It reinforced to me how badly I don't want to go back to that life. I am grateful for my sobriety and thankful to all of you for being my 24/7 support group. I cannot make meetings right now and this site has been a godsend to helping me reinvigorate myself in sobriety. I have a deep heartfelt thanks for you all. I wish I could do something to express my gratitude. John
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I went on my first sober cruise and it was really challenging but I did it. I'm looking forward to going on a cruise with my father in February to the Carribean so I know there will be a lot of winter-weary people on board getting really crazy with drinking. But I want to remember the trip with my Dad because he is getting older. He is sober too so I believe it will be easier. I agree totally about seeing other drinking people and feeling shame for being that person at one time.
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