On the eve of being 3 months sober...
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On the eve of being 3 months sober...
Being 3 months sober is a big one for me. I've only done that once before and it was a very long time ago. I feel like I have come a long way but yet, feel like I have a long way to go. But that is a heavy subject to be explored another time.
For the time being, I am content to say that I don't want to drink and that I can celebrate:
Not worrying if I have enough wine to see me through the night!
Not looking over my shoulder in my small town market for people I might know seeing me with a big ole box of wine in my cart!
Not missing sneaking said box of wine into the house!
No longer using dark drinking glasses to hide the color of my beverage!
No longer hiding empties in odd places!
That I no longer tie myself down to my house at night so I can drink!
Not having to bury the empty wine boxes beneath other recyclables!
Not having to drink so excessively to ensure that I fall asleep and stay asleep!
Not worrying about being discovered and being called out on my drinking!
But most of all, I celebrate not having to think about alcohol at all!
For the time being, I am content to say that I don't want to drink and that I can celebrate:
Not worrying if I have enough wine to see me through the night!
Not looking over my shoulder in my small town market for people I might know seeing me with a big ole box of wine in my cart!
Not missing sneaking said box of wine into the house!
No longer using dark drinking glasses to hide the color of my beverage!
No longer hiding empties in odd places!
That I no longer tie myself down to my house at night so I can drink!
Not having to bury the empty wine boxes beneath other recyclables!
Not having to drink so excessively to ensure that I fall asleep and stay asleep!
Not worrying about being discovered and being called out on my drinking!
But most of all, I celebrate not having to think about alcohol at all!
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Thanks Everyone! It is so liberating having that monkey off my back. Oh, and I also don't miss the mystery bruises, the nearly broken wrist from falling and the countless broken items. Oh, and wine stains, I don't miss those! lol
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Additions to the list of reasons to celebrate -
I celebrate:
That I no longer have to read with one eye shut.
No more biting my checks and tongue during dunken junk food fests.
No longer dreading phone calls after 8PM (morning after revelations that calls
happened and I had no idea who called or what was said...frightening!)
Not having to rewatch tv shows 'cause I couldn't remember what happened the first time I watched.
No longer blaming my drunken lack of memory as senior moments.
I celebrate having the monkey off my back. Good riddance!
4 months and counting...
I celebrate:
That I no longer have to read with one eye shut.
No more biting my checks and tongue during dunken junk food fests.
No longer dreading phone calls after 8PM (morning after revelations that calls
happened and I had no idea who called or what was said...frightening!)
Not having to rewatch tv shows 'cause I couldn't remember what happened the first time I watched.
No longer blaming my drunken lack of memory as senior moments.
I celebrate having the monkey off my back. Good riddance!
4 months and counting...
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