Happy Friday! Imma celebrate by watching Star Trek with the wife and maybe getting a slushie from sonic. I will not drink alcohol with you guys today
this post was submitted on 05 Apr 2024
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Have some friends messaging me over with the opposite message and want to go to bed early to workout early AM, thank you for posting this, I needed reinforcement.
Yay! Reach out anytime. :)
Good afternoon, fellow sobernauts, IWNDWYT 😁!
I've been sober for 5.5 years. Recently we had a party and someone gave us champagne. I thought, well it's been 5.5 years, I should be able to handle a glass. After a couple of sips I felt the urges so much more intense than before. I had another glass, already causing some weird looks from close people, and felt bad afterwards. Since then, now and then the idea of trying again slipped into my mind. Feels like my mind is tricking me that I should try again. We're on a weekend break away now, so another reason for my mind to say that it would be okay to drink.
I read my notes from when I quit, with reasons why I quit, as I thought I would need them later. That definitely helped. Still, having urges :(
Why can't I drink like most normal people :( Thanks for reading.
Iwndwyt.
Good to see you again. :)
It’s crazy how 28 years of my adult life was centered around drinking. Dinner parties with the intention on getting drunk. Vacations planned, eat drink, walk around town to the next place, drink etc. Not sure if you have it over there, there is a hotel chain by Hilton called Embassy Suites. Managers evening reception 6-8pm, free appetizers, beer and well drinks. Multiple vacations planned with staying there in mind. Going out both locally and on holidays is still very weird now (almost two years for me)
Forgot to check in again this morning, but it's 2240 where I am and I'm still sober. Had to rush the pup back to the ER vet because she ripped out all the stitches in her wound and she was wide open. Fortunately the vet doesn't think she pierced her abdominal wall, but now the recovery time is going to be that much longer. Our e fund is now shot 😮💨 But that's what it's there for, and we're lucky enough to have had one at all in this economy. Time to start rebuilding.
Anyhow, IWNDWYT!
Ouch!! Hugs to your puppy. (They will always be our kids).
Thank you and she really is my baby. Out of the 3 we have she's the only one we rescued as a puppy. Potty trained her and everything. Learned that I am NOT the person with the patience for that! 😂
So the other two we rescued came to us later in life. They're all goof balls and bad babies!