If you drink you will not feel better. It'll numb some pain briefly, but cause you far more pain in the morning. Then how will you cope with that "new" pain and regret? Think it out Frank. A drink or two....will lead to 10 or more. You'll take a big fall 4567 steps backward and have to start all over.
totally true. That's the cycle I've gotten stuck in over and over. No, it ends now.
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But what if you only had two or three drinks? You'll still take a fall backwards and your d's and w will still see it as a fall off the wagon. And it will be.
And instead of the peaceful evening your d has in her heart right now, as a bday gift, which is THE present she really wanted was that; an evening together as a family....will be stained by those "few" drinks.
Don't take it away. You did well tonight. You don't have to drink, tonight.
(( j ))
Amen. I don't and I won't.
And, I got four hugs and thank-you's from D18 tonight. FOUR! That's a record.
The past year has been such a colossal waste of my life. I wouldn't let go of the need to try to control anything. Angry, sad, happy, hurt.
What I learned from all this is that I don't like hurting all the time. But I was addicted to it.
I actually feel somewhat relaxed right now. Tired, but relaxed.
I have no control over anyone else. I control only my thoughts and feelings.
