I am sad today. I went back to drinking after I made myself a promise and stayed away from AL for 5 days. The trigger was a loss of employment coupled with the denial of my home loan modification. I turned to alcohol for instant relief and it did the job very well. I numbed my pain and forgot my worries all evening with the help of half a bottle of wine and four beers. I wake up this morning and I am sad to have broken my word again and to have damaged my brain again.
What is the threadhold of time needed to overcome those reactions? Those of you that have abstained from AL for weeks or more, how did you deal with pain as it came to your life initially? When did turning to AL wasn't such a powerful solution anymore?
Thank you, Patrick.
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