When The Novelty Wears Off Thread......
Amen Starlight
Something very similar to me happened before I quit drinking for good. After about 7 weeks of being sober, I went to a party. I knew beforehand that I should not have gone. I was feeling anxious and was in the midst of a medical crisis in my family. I went anyway and less than 1 hour into the party, I started drinking wine. Once I started, I literally could not get enough. It was scary. I had driven a friend to the party and she told me later that although she kept telling me that it was time to leave, I would go back to the wine bottles and get another glass. I don't remember much of the night. I woke up in the morning with a hangover and full of guilt and remorse. That was the last time I drank. And by the way, I did not tell myself that this one night of drinking was a "slip." I considered it a full blown relapse. From that experience, I learned that I could never pick up one drink again.
Amen Starlight
Something very similar to me happened before I quit drinking for good. After about 7 weeks of being sober, I went to a party. I knew beforehand that I should not have gone. I was feeling anxious and was in the midst of a medical crisis in my family. I went anyway and less than 1 hour into the party, I started drinking wine. Once I started, I literally could not get enough. It was scary. I had driven a friend to the party and she told me later that although she kept telling me that it was time to leave, I would go back to the wine bottles and get another glass. I don't remember much of the night. I woke up in the morning with a hangover and full of guilt and remorse. That was the last time I drank. And by the way, I did not tell myself that this one night of drinking was a "slip." I considered it a full blown relapse. From that experience, I learned that I could never pick up one drink again.
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