Just checking back in to say I’m on Day 313 today without alcohol. I’m still doing the group with Belle Robertson and her apprentice Elise, and it is still the right amount of support for me. This is the longest I’ve gone without booze in many years, and I’m going to keep going. Things areContinue reading “Day 313”
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Goodbye, 2019, and Good Riddance!
I am glad to be seeing the end of 2019. This was a very tough year. It is almost funny, the number of awful things that happened this year. So many, in fact, that (counterintuitively) one very good thing came out of it: I decided to stop drinking. The first thing that happened was thatContinue reading “Goodbye, 2019, and Good Riddance!”
Day Thirty: !!!
I made it! Day 30, my original goal. Here are a few things I am thinking about today as I reflect back on the last month: It has been very up and down. Although one thing has been consistent: a persistent desire to drink that starts around 4:30 or 5 and lasts for a coupleContinue reading “Day Thirty: !!!”
Day Three: Alcohol pushers are annoying
Today, I still feel like crap. All day, I’ve been just dragging myself around at work, but I’m finally off and can go to bed soon. Yay! So, I get home, and my partner tries, not just once, but twice to get me to drink some wine. Because I work so hard. Because I’m nowContinue reading “Day Three: Alcohol pushers are annoying”
