Rough night last night.

[bif]

We had friends over for dinner. Sitting out on the patio on a warm night really made me want to have some wine along with everyone else. I've been clean for two years now, and I haven't had any major urges in a while. Then I thought how the evening would have progressed in the past. I would have gotten buzzed. Then, after our friends left and my wife went to bed, I would continue drinking until I got super hammered and would pass out in front of the tv. So instead, I did the dishes and cleaned the kitchen while they were outside. I came out and sat with them from time to time, figuring they really wouldn't notice I wasn't there. And the conversations were somewhat wine fueled, which can be pretty boring if you're not drinking. So I got through it unscathed. Whew!

[Zoonart]

1. Good on you, Babe.

Congrats.

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. Good. Playing that tape works well if you do it. You did.

[cayugafalls]

3. That is awesome!

Super happy for you.

[Permanut]

4. Well done..

Congratulations from a grateful 26 year member of AA.

[peacebuzzard]

5. I know what you mean.

I shy away from most group circumstances involving cocktails. Or even dinners with wine. The conversations never seem to be very interesting.

Congratulations on your present life!

[jmbar2]

6. I've never been around people drinking much until a couple of months ago

I stayed with some folks who drank wine every day. They got tipsy, but not necessarily drunk. Just talked louder and louder, got cranked up--every evening. If it was a bad day, they commiserated; if it was a good day, they celebrated with wine. Every evening.

After a few evenings of it, it got pretty boring. I wondered if that was normal behavior for the wine drinking class.

Your post suggests I am not alone - thanks.



Congrats for keeping it together.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

7. Good for you.

I'm in a 12 step program. Not had a drink in almost 17 years. Do you have anyone you can call in case things get, you know, weird? Sometimes talking with someone else helps those feelings pass.

[JDC]

8. Good job. It's not easy, but so worth it.

Those conversations become even more boring over time - at least in my experience.

[42bambi]

9. I glad for you, it takes such strength to turn away from an addiction, my

hubby couldn't -- he now has end stage liver disease. It's a sad time in our home these days, so I was happy to read that you did something so great, and not just for you, but for your loved ones as well.

[3catwoman3]

10. Good on you!

[Doreen]

11. Good job. We're proud of you.

[Jack-o-Lantern]

12. Awesome, sometimes it's so hard...

[WheelWalker]

13. Strength and honor.

[George II]

14. Sounds like a gathering with my in-laws. And I usually visit them so I can't drink! Bummer.

[seta1950]

15. Good for you

It sounds hard

[Turbineguy]

16. Another Victory!

[Worried2020]

17. "conversations were somewhat wine fueled, which can be pretty boring if you're not drinking"

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Yeah - I get that. I drink alot, but I just sorta sip all day, never really getting a "buzz", but my friends all seem to wanna "catch up" and drink what I drink in a day within a couple of hours.

I'm the same with weed (it's legal here ya know ) - just a puff or two now and then, not bowl after bowl, joint after joint to the point where ur train of thought keeps getting derailed . . .

Anyhoo - congrats on your success with the "battle"





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[bif]

18. Thanks all for your words of encouragement!

It's been an interesting ride!

[DoBotherMe]

19. One day at a time

You did the next right thing, doing the dishes. It gets easier. 24 years sober here and no regrets.

[BadGimp]

20. Good on you!

[Stuart G]

21. Thank You for Your Post & What You Wrote, "So I got through it unscathed. Whew!"

Seven great words, " So I got through it unscathed. Whew"

Thank You for sharing this story with us.