Happy New Year All. I have been off line for a while. Was away on a boating trip which was very good to get all of my thoughts together. I am on day 79 of my sobriety and have had some days that where harder than others but I am still standing strong.
Christmas Day I had 16 family and friends over for the day. Everything went very well. At the end of the day I found myself in the kitchen by myself cleaning the mess from the day. There was a bottle of champaign sitting on the counter and one of my very pretty champaign flutes. I looked at the glass and the bottle and actually poured the champaign into the flute. I held it up and looked at how pretty the light danced on the glass. I wanted to drink it. Who would know? I felt like I had my little devil sitting on my shoulder saying go ahead it's only one drink. My angel whispered ("YOU WILL KNOW"). I ended up dumping the whole bottle down the drain.
I realize that I need to be cautious of the romance the drink is for me. Anyway I'm still attending my morning meetings and feeling for the most part very good.
Ah Sister...you used the right discription..."Romance". Been there and done that "fall for the flirt" thing often and then end up doing the right thing for me...pour it down the drain and then....rinse out the bottle....and then convince myself that "No the bottle isn't a good collectible" and then put that in the trash. I love winning more than I love going into battle with this disease and I have to do the battle to experience another win. Learning from the fellowship as many tricks and tools they offer make it so much more successful. Thanks for sharing "another win". (((hugs)))
((((Marie))))) it is good to "see" you again and hear how you are doing. I was the same way about wine and champagne. Still haven't been able to get rid of the stupid wine/champagne glasses in the cabinet. Just don't even want to touch the things, I think. I would sometimes think about how "romantic" it was to drink either of those and it became ritualistic to me to use certain glasses for certain events. Kind of like my coffee mugs and tea cups are for me now. I am just trying to look at all of that now in relation to my "bad" romances, which eluded me into thinking how great and wonderful they were and in the end bit me in the a**.
Congratulations on your day count and continuing to stay strong!
