AF Day 7

[whitemarshmom]

Hi

I am AF for 6 days today! Longer than I have in a long long time. I am home with the kids, and it is Friday. I am trying to clean the house, and cant get anything done because of the kids demands.. I am having a friend over tonight and we always drink, its Friday, I think I can have a couple beers, have some dinner and be ok.....?

[mollyka]

AF Day 7

WMM, Hey how are you? and well done on 6 days sober. You say it is longer than you have done for a long time so obviously you consider you have a problem with alcohol? Only you can know what you can and cannot do - personally if I had a couple of beers I would be off drinking again - back to Day 1 and having to deal with all that shit again.
Think about it before you do, is it worth it?
Molly

[whitemarshmom]

AF Day 7

Mollyka- Congrats to you on your sobriety since May 5th! I am feeling pretty agitated today, and yelling at the kids alot. 5 and 2.. MOM! MOM! every 5 minutes I guess I am anxious about whether I will drink tonight or not. When I was drinking, I only drank from about 5 pm on, but drank way too much, and blacked out many nights.. We just recently came back from a 10 day beach vacation, and I started having pains about where my liver is located. I read alot online about puffiness, swollen and tender to touch.. I also read alot about Alcholic Hep. and the final stage of Cirrohsis. Too close for comfort for me.. Scared me straight I guess. Especially since last Septs physical exam showed elevated liver enzymes, and an US showed some accumulated fat. Of this I may repair and recover. I scheduled my next physical for Oct 1st, and want a clean bill of health, If I kept drinking the way I did, Death would surely call prematurely...and my kids need me.. I want to see them get married and have their own children. I am 43 now, I got a late start having kids, I should give them the best of me for as long as possible!

[JackieClaire]

AF Day 7

WMM,
It's that old Friday feeling creeping up on you telling you that well it's the weekend and it'll be Ok to have a couple of drinks.
2 beers on a Friday would hardly hit the sides in my case and I'd be off or sitting resenting every one else who had a third.
Think really, really hard do you want to give up 6 days AF to get back to day 1 again.
J x
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[mollyka]

AF Day 7

Thanks WMM, but every day of that I consider very very special and I wouldn't give up one minute of it for a drink! Small kids can be exhausting and stressful, but ask yourself, if it wasn't that would it be something else that would make you think of drinking? And if they are exhausting today just project yourself into tomorrow with a hangover if you do drink?
Take care of yourself, you say you always drink with this friend, well give yourself permission NOT to drink tonight, plan it, what you will say to her and what you will have instead of alcohol - when you make up your mind it just seems easier than 'will I, won't I'?
Molly x