Drinking alcohol

[KarateKen]

On 12/7/2024 at 1:15 PM, JazzKicker said:

Holidays are probably the most difficult situational triggers. Hosting Thanksgiving this year, prepping & serving food while guests enjoyed wine, I had a couple of moments where a glass of red looked pretty good. I just remind myself of the foggy mood later, a headache the next day, and move on.

Got thought it, actually not as tough as I thought it would be.  Biggest challenge though was New Years Eve, but it worked out well. 

[KarateKen]

It's been a full year now without a drink.  

I promise this is the final update 

[DarthPenguin]

1 hour ago, KarateKen said:

It's been a full year now without a drink.  

I promise this is the final update 

Congratulations!!

 

Also, doesn't need to be final update 

[aurik]

On 5/8/2025 at 12:53 AM, KarateKen said:

It's been a full year now without a drink.  

I promise this is the final update 

Well-done!  I know it can't be easy.

[Nidan Melbourne]

On 5/8/2025 at 4:53 PM, KarateKen said:

It's been a full year now without a drink.  

I promise this is the final update 

Doens't have to be the final update! 

I encourage you to continue giving updates here and there.  Because it is good to vent somewhere, and we're all here to listen

[JazzKicker]

Congrats, and the more time that goes by, the less you'll think of it. Thing is, our boozy society has a way of reminding us, and it can be hard to avoid.

I was just at a first Communion party, a friend of my young daughter's. This was a really over-the-top party, more like a wedding. Food and booze flowing, open bar, wine and champagne toast already poured at the tables. It seems silly to wait in a line for the bar to get a plain tonic water.. but there I was. It would have been all too easy to indulge, but not my thing anymore. Just as well, too- there was a horrendous downpour, bad storm on the drive home, glad to be sober for that!