Bruun, good for you for being AF and recognizing that you're getting into a zone where you need help.
BKY: LOVED the poem, and you sound SOOOO much like me! My drinking was at it's all time worst when my husband was leaving me alone all the time. Working late, happy hour (after hour) every Friday, so I was always getting stranded with the kids on my own.
I do work though and we both have very demanding jobs, but at least through that I get a lot of my adult time in. The good news for me it that once he finally realized how badly I was drinking and how much I wanted to cut back he changed his habits and started being around more. We're not the best communicators in the world, but at least he's not leaving me all alone so much any more and we started doing much more stuff together as a family. We're also very lucky in that my mother in law lives in the same town as us and often will take our kids overnight on the weekend allowing us to go out on dates and spend time together.
And my wine is go ingrained as my evening relaxing activity too. and I like it. I'm very sympathetic to your plan as it is very similar to me. I have lost weight and started working out again so that makes me feel not nearly so bad about indulging in what I love. Sometimes I stay up too late and drink too much but I've really not gotten to the hang over mode in a long time so life is pretty good. Good luck with your efforts!!
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