Hi everyone
My story is that I started drinking after meeting my second husband. He and his family drank socially and until then I didn't like alcohol. Wine tasted awful to me.
However my husband and his family had so many laughs and what appeared to be good times, including drinking, that I would have a few. My drinking was never a problem until the stress in my life started to increase. My husband was a high performing salesman and he liked to achieve. He encouraged me to achieve and go for promotions and more money. I did achieve and with this came increased stress.
Over time I discovered that drinking wine could ease the stress and give me a night of relief. Drinking red wine made me feel sexy and this improved our intimacy moments. I started drinking half a bottle of wine about once a week but overtime I see that as the stress in my life increased, from work pressure, and loneliness, and family issues...so the nights of drinking have increased.
Now I drink about 3 bottles of wine each week. I very rarely have only one glass. I start a bottle of wine and I finish it that night. This has been going on for the past 2 years and every week I say to myself I need to quit as it is getting impossible to manage. I need to drink lots, I wake up at 2am and can't sleep, I feel seedy the next day, I have said and done things I can't remember that my husband tells me I have done. I have even drunk more than a bottle and then stuck my finger down my throat to get rid of it and the meal I have just eaten.
So, I didn't think I had a problem but reading this website has made me think again. I definately have a problem but it is not the AL. It is the stress in my life and how I am choosing to deal with it. I think I need a new way to cope with stress, or maybe even to remove the stress and live a simpler life.
The pace of life is so fast now. When I was younger I moved to a country town and felt a huge weight had lifted off my shoulders. No traffic, less people, less pressure, less stress.
So these are my thoughts for today. I am going for AF from now on.
Thank you for reading
My story is that I started drinking after meeting my second husband. He and his family drank socially and until then I didn't like alcohol. Wine tasted awful to me.
However my husband and his family had so many laughs and what appeared to be good times, including drinking, that I would have a few. My drinking was never a problem until the stress in my life started to increase. My husband was a high performing salesman and he liked to achieve. He encouraged me to achieve and go for promotions and more money. I did achieve and with this came increased stress.
Over time I discovered that drinking wine could ease the stress and give me a night of relief. Drinking red wine made me feel sexy and this improved our intimacy moments. I started drinking half a bottle of wine about once a week but overtime I see that as the stress in my life increased, from work pressure, and loneliness, and family issues...so the nights of drinking have increased.
Now I drink about 3 bottles of wine each week. I very rarely have only one glass. I start a bottle of wine and I finish it that night. This has been going on for the past 2 years and every week I say to myself I need to quit as it is getting impossible to manage. I need to drink lots, I wake up at 2am and can't sleep, I feel seedy the next day, I have said and done things I can't remember that my husband tells me I have done. I have even drunk more than a bottle and then stuck my finger down my throat to get rid of it and the meal I have just eaten.
So, I didn't think I had a problem but reading this website has made me think again. I definately have a problem but it is not the AL. It is the stress in my life and how I am choosing to deal with it. I think I need a new way to cope with stress, or maybe even to remove the stress and live a simpler life.
The pace of life is so fast now. When I was younger I moved to a country town and felt a huge weight had lifted off my shoulders. No traffic, less people, less pressure, less stress.
So these are my thoughts for today. I am going for AF from now on.
Thank you for reading
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