To all my American friends...Happy Thanksgiving!
To all my friends in the rest of this small world... Happy Thursday and feel free today to take a moment and give thanks for everything that is good in your life. No matter what your problems are, there is someone who is going through a harder time.
There has been alot of hoopla about getting through today AF. Thanksgiving, when we get together with family and friends to enjoy a nice dinner and give thanks, has , for us alcoholics, become the unofficial start of the "binge drinking season". We have used this 6 week period from Thanksgiving through New Years to consume as much alcohol as we can, because, after all (or AL), it is expected.
And now, even after going through the pain of those first few days AF, or in some cases, weeks, there are those who are still allowing The Beast to plant that seed in our mind. Still, the thought that "I can't possibly go through the holiday season without drinking. It's just too much stress, too much temptation. Everyone else will be doing it..." enters our mind.
We spend so much time on MWO, this wonderful site we have all found, discussing our struggles...the battle...The Beast and it's cunning and devious ways....and yet, here we are, allowing him to successfully encourage self doubt.
In my mind, here we are, at the beginning of the holiday season, and we have all been together a long time. We've gone to battle for eachother, we've laughed at eachother, cried with eachother, and now it's showtime. We can talk the talk, but can we walk the walk..
I want to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving and enjoy your day with friends and family. I thank you all for helping me beat The Beast.
I, for one, will be walking today...
Don
To all my friends in the rest of this small world... Happy Thursday and feel free today to take a moment and give thanks for everything that is good in your life. No matter what your problems are, there is someone who is going through a harder time.
There has been alot of hoopla about getting through today AF. Thanksgiving, when we get together with family and friends to enjoy a nice dinner and give thanks, has , for us alcoholics, become the unofficial start of the "binge drinking season". We have used this 6 week period from Thanksgiving through New Years to consume as much alcohol as we can, because, after all (or AL), it is expected.
And now, even after going through the pain of those first few days AF, or in some cases, weeks, there are those who are still allowing The Beast to plant that seed in our mind. Still, the thought that "I can't possibly go through the holiday season without drinking. It's just too much stress, too much temptation. Everyone else will be doing it..." enters our mind.
We spend so much time on MWO, this wonderful site we have all found, discussing our struggles...the battle...The Beast and it's cunning and devious ways....and yet, here we are, allowing him to successfully encourage self doubt.
In my mind, here we are, at the beginning of the holiday season, and we have all been together a long time. We've gone to battle for eachother, we've laughed at eachother, cried with eachother, and now it's showtime. We can talk the talk, but can we walk the walk..
I want to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving and enjoy your day with friends and family. I thank you all for helping me beat The Beast.
I, for one, will be walking today...
Don
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