Only Sober Person at a Work Dinner....
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Only Sober Person at a Work Dinner....
And I felt totally fine!!!!!
This happened Thursday night - I didn't really stop to think about it til this morning. People had wine after wine all around me - but the reason it didn't bother me is because I was actually thinking about - work! - and I was focused on paying attention, asking questions and listening well.
Oh my God I am so grateful!!! A year ago I would have been anxious, then tipsy, then trying desperately to seem sane while losing it to the buzz at a dinner like that.
This happened Thursday night - I didn't really stop to think about it til this morning. People had wine after wine all around me - but the reason it didn't bother me is because I was actually thinking about - work! - and I was focused on paying attention, asking questions and listening well.
Oh my God I am so grateful!!! A year ago I would have been anxious, then tipsy, then trying desperately to seem sane while losing it to the buzz at a dinner like that.
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I had a work dinner ten days in of sobriety! Oh man I didn't know everyone would be drinking or I wouldn't have gone. My boss offered to buy me a drink a few times and I was said no a few times and ordered a sparkling water. At the beginning I was a bit on edge but I calmed down. If it had been every other time I would have been working on my buzz also
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isn't it fantastic!!??
Well done.
I recall those early sober work dinners - every other member of the team drinking. I remember the anxiousness, the feeling left out, the feeling somehow lesser.
I remember as that faded. I remember seeing more and more non-drinkers. I remember the feeling of being "left out" fading into a feeling of comfort and strength.
These days, I'm often the only non-drinker - and it doesn't faze me at all.
Keep up the great living!!
Well done.
I recall those early sober work dinners - every other member of the team drinking. I remember the anxiousness, the feeling left out, the feeling somehow lesser.
I remember as that faded. I remember seeing more and more non-drinkers. I remember the feeling of being "left out" fading into a feeling of comfort and strength.
These days, I'm often the only non-drinker - and it doesn't faze me at all.
Keep up the great living!!
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I work at a bar and a guy was flirting with me and offered me a drink, I said " sure" and got an iced tea. He looked at me kinda weird but I didn't care. I woke up feeling great today and am ready to go out into the sunshine. Good Job
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Good for you. I've just come back from a birthday party. Last to arrive and first to leave. In my drinking days it would have been the other way around. Cant say I had fun, but at least I will feel good tomorrow.
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Boy can I relate to where you were a year ago. Good for you putting that behind you. I got drunk and fell once at a work function, resulting in a elbow injury that turned into an awful infection. I had to miss a lot of work having it monitored and finally lanced. I am looking forward to a work function later this month, and I want to be just like you...sober and thinking about work!
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