A sunny good morning to everyone!
Have been taking a little time out to reflect and regroup but am now ready to catch up with things here! Am doing pretty well with the not drinking - had a slight relapse last week where for the first time in 3 months I downed a bottle of wine just to get drunk. Did it help the situation? - of course not! and felt awful the next day - can't believe I used to teach like that on a fairly regular basis! Actually my tolerance for alcohol has gone way down so I dislike the feeling of head fogging over almost immediately.
Have also tried a couple of times to 'drink moderately' - I had a couple of old friends over from the States and we had just a couple of glasses of wine over dinner - 1 bottle between 3 of us- unbelievable! I had no problem with stopping after the two, but I have to admit to not really enjoying the wine even though it was a good one and not my usual cheap plonk.
So back to complete AF again and after deduction of a week for bad behaviour I'm at 90 days AF. One thing that hasn't wavered during the ups and downs is my commitment to not drinking, so as I come to the end of my summer term I'm looking forward to clear-headed, AF summer holidays with plenty of hiking, swimming, cycling, water sports and enjoying time with my girls.
I'm glad Scoobs that you've got your weekend down - Brilliant job! And Popeye - so good to hear your enthusiasm and 'joy for life' still - I want to get back to feeling like that so I need to dust off the running shoes and get my arse in gear and join you all on that wonderful path of complete sobriety!
Warmest wishes to everyone else and I look forward to catching up with you over the next few days. Take care all and happy Sunday :l
Have been taking a little time out to reflect and regroup but am now ready to catch up with things here! Am doing pretty well with the not drinking - had a slight relapse last week where for the first time in 3 months I downed a bottle of wine just to get drunk. Did it help the situation? - of course not! and felt awful the next day - can't believe I used to teach like that on a fairly regular basis! Actually my tolerance for alcohol has gone way down so I dislike the feeling of head fogging over almost immediately.
Have also tried a couple of times to 'drink moderately' - I had a couple of old friends over from the States and we had just a couple of glasses of wine over dinner - 1 bottle between 3 of us- unbelievable! I had no problem with stopping after the two, but I have to admit to not really enjoying the wine even though it was a good one and not my usual cheap plonk.
So back to complete AF again and after deduction of a week for bad behaviour I'm at 90 days AF. One thing that hasn't wavered during the ups and downs is my commitment to not drinking, so as I come to the end of my summer term I'm looking forward to clear-headed, AF summer holidays with plenty of hiking, swimming, cycling, water sports and enjoying time with my girls.
I'm glad Scoobs that you've got your weekend down - Brilliant job! And Popeye - so good to hear your enthusiasm and 'joy for life' still - I want to get back to feeling like that so I need to dust off the running shoes and get my arse in gear and join you all on that wonderful path of complete sobriety!
Warmest wishes to everyone else and I look forward to catching up with you over the next few days. Take care all and happy Sunday :l
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