Hello all. My hubby and I are battling the trandfer of addictions from food to alcohol after our gastric bypasses. We have been married for 27 years and are trying to break the addiction together. We've failed miserably. We both see the same therapist (separately). Hubby is bi-polar and I suffer from depression. Well, Friday my therapist passed me off to someone else. He said that he does not have enough experience with substance abuse to help me (not sure hubby has been as honest with him about AL). I felt sad and abandoned! I binge drank Friday night, Saturday night and Sunday night. I felt like hammered crap all day yesterday and also today, so does hubby. We both feel like we are totally exhausted both physically and mentally!
Yesterday we talked more while we were both sober about fighting this demon and our need to feel better. He says that he feels like if he could go without beer for 7 days, he could at least moderate. I would like to say I want to drink in moderation, but I don't know that I could without quitting altogether for a while! So anyway, we talked about ways to do more than our latest max of 2 days sober. He said what if we reward ourselves for not drinking? With what? Neither of us could come up with anything for a reward. ANyone have any ideas? We both work at the same place and ride to and from work together. No kids at home, so we don't have to be in a hurry to get home. We both go to college one night a week and need to study way more than we do, but drinking always interferes with school work!
So, if you were to "reward" yourself for another day of sobriety, what would you reward yourself with? I'm open for ideas folks! I appreciate all teh support I see here!!
Hugs,
Gina
Yesterday we talked more while we were both sober about fighting this demon and our need to feel better. He says that he feels like if he could go without beer for 7 days, he could at least moderate. I would like to say I want to drink in moderation, but I don't know that I could without quitting altogether for a while! So anyway, we talked about ways to do more than our latest max of 2 days sober. He said what if we reward ourselves for not drinking? With what? Neither of us could come up with anything for a reward. ANyone have any ideas? We both work at the same place and ride to and from work together. No kids at home, so we don't have to be in a hurry to get home. We both go to college one night a week and need to study way more than we do, but drinking always interferes with school work!
So, if you were to "reward" yourself for another day of sobriety, what would you reward yourself with? I'm open for ideas folks! I appreciate all teh support I see here!!
Hugs,
Gina
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