Spiderwoman has two years AF!

[DreamThinkDo]

Spidey
has two years
AF!



Well done on escaping from
the spider's web that
booze traps us in!

[sweetpea29]

Congratulations Sylv xx

[Anjicia]

:thumbsup::welldone: Congrats Sylvia picgifs-congratulations-4012499.gif

[Guitarista]

Congratulations SW!

Well done. Bravo!

[spiderwoman]

Thank you peeps, how time flies when you're having fun

Will add something else later but slavery beckons

[anon]

Brilliant stuff!

[available]

Excellent and fantastic work, a huge congrats on two years. xx

[JackieClaire]

Congratulations, Spidy...........fantastic.

J x
:hug:

[roxane]

BRILLIANT!!

[danpeet]

Great job SW. Keep it going!

[Sunbeam]

Congrats for this great accomplishment!

[Pavati]

Congratulations! Yours was one of the stories I followed when I was lurking and deciding to get sober. Thanks!

[spiderwoman]

Thanks everybody, sorry for the late reply but yesterday was one of those days when I would have come home from work and downed the first bottle in about 10 minutes back in the day. I was going out for tea to my best friend's place and before she would have called at my house on the way home from work to take me to her place, I'd have started on a bottle as soon as I walked in the door! After all it'd been a rough day, I'd had a promotion interview in the afternoon, then my car had overheated a bit on the way home so I would have walked in with 2-3 bottles of wine, opened one before I'd got my coat off and downed a quick one before I took my dog for the briefest of walks. D would have come to pick me up and we'd have certainly finished the first bottle before leaving and quite likely made a start on the second, only stopping because she needed to drive. We'd have arrived at her place, wine poured before anything else and drunk as much as we had (being near Christmas she'd have had more than usual in the house so likely as not it would have been a four bottle night) before I fell into a taxi and staggered home.

Today I'd have got up without a hangover likely as not and gone to work as if nothing had happened out of the ordinary, because it hadn't, that was my life. I'm ashamed typing that lot but its the truth.

These days my life isn't perfect by any means but I can pay my bills, I mostly make it out of the door earlier than necessary in the morning having taken my dog for a long enough walk as opposed to taking him to the corner of the street. Meals are no longer ruined. I can't remember the last argument I had with anybody. Such a difference.

I'm not as thin as I hoped to be but it doesn't actually bother me that much, I make it to the gym and can afford the pay for the membership. I don't make false promises to myself and everybody else and I have absolutely no stress yet I used to claim the booze relaxed me, yet another big fat lie. I now do exactly as I please and if it upsets anybody tough luck, I'm doing it sober and loving life again.

No matter where you are in this journey I still think you have to be vigilant at all times. These days I can buy wine for friends, I've got my favourite glasses back in the kitchen cupboards, the occasional friend will drink wine in my home, I will drink flavoured water from a wine glass and its accepted Sylv just doesn't drink any more, no big deal for my family and friends - or me now.

After all, if I had peanut allergy I would avoid them, I've taught myself to think of wine in the same way.

The support here is amazing so once again, thanks to everybody who's helped and advised at every stage.