What I don't miss about alcohol
My phone bill
Switching my phone on in the morning (normally the battery would have died the night before)
Spending most mornings despising how I feel
Checking emails and texts in the morning
Waking up in my pj's and not jeans and a shirt
Waking up without having a sinking feeling of oh shit what have I done
Waking up with my partner actually smiling
Having money in my bank
The Shakes
Dont have to lie about where I am
Waking with that feeling of self-disgust and shame
The horrible taste in my mouth
Having to get rid of the empties
Avoiding people
The planning: where is it cheap? How much can I afford and how quickly can I drink it
The lies: where I was who I was with and why does the house look like the aftermath of a teeenage rampage
Where is my phone, purse, handbag and dignity
The knowledge I am still too drunk to drive but do so anyway
The injuries where I have "accidentally" fallen but no memory. Of doing so
worrying about getting stopped every morning by police in case I,m over the limit
planning everything I do around having access to beer
not going to the theatre,movies or concerts because there would be to much of a break between beers
telling my wife I,m going out for a 6 pack and hiding another one in the car til she's gone to bed
Wanting coffee in the morning instead of beer!
Seeing everything thru a drunken haze. Ack! I don't miss it at all.
That bloated feeling in my stomach
The panic to try hard to remember the last thing that happened
Hearing from my DH how mean I can be
Thinking that he only way out is suicide
The vast amount of time wasted just sitting around getting wasted
Anxiety and depression
Violent vomiting for hours on end
Lying to my family
Drinking at work!
Drinking in the morning
Trying to speak "sober" when half-cut
The heart-sinking fear when the phone rings at 11am and I think "Oh hell, what if it's an emergency and I have to explain to someone that I'm already too drunk to drive to wherever I'm needed"
My phone bill
Switching my phone on in the morning (normally the battery would have died the night before)
Spending most mornings despising how I feel
Checking emails and texts in the morning
Waking up in my pj's and not jeans and a shirt
Waking up without having a sinking feeling of oh shit what have I done
Waking up with my partner actually smiling
Having money in my bank
The Shakes
Dont have to lie about where I am
Waking with that feeling of self-disgust and shame
The horrible taste in my mouth
Having to get rid of the empties
Avoiding people
The planning: where is it cheap? How much can I afford and how quickly can I drink it
The lies: where I was who I was with and why does the house look like the aftermath of a teeenage rampage
Where is my phone, purse, handbag and dignity
The knowledge I am still too drunk to drive but do so anyway
The injuries where I have "accidentally" fallen but no memory. Of doing so
worrying about getting stopped every morning by police in case I,m over the limit
planning everything I do around having access to beer
not going to the theatre,movies or concerts because there would be to much of a break between beers
telling my wife I,m going out for a 6 pack and hiding another one in the car til she's gone to bed
Wanting coffee in the morning instead of beer!
Seeing everything thru a drunken haze. Ack! I don't miss it at all.
That bloated feeling in my stomach
The panic to try hard to remember the last thing that happened
Hearing from my DH how mean I can be
Thinking that he only way out is suicide
The vast amount of time wasted just sitting around getting wasted
Anxiety and depression
Violent vomiting for hours on end
Lying to my family
Drinking at work!
Drinking in the morning
Trying to speak "sober" when half-cut
The heart-sinking fear when the phone rings at 11am and I think "Oh hell, what if it's an emergency and I have to explain to someone that I'm already too drunk to drive to wherever I'm needed"
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