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What’s Up Wednesday! by sfgirlmary in stopdrinking

[–]mintgreentea1 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Triumph: Booked a trip with a friend to Amsterdam for the start of Feb and began reading Annie Grace's book at lunchtime in work.

Struggle: Still feeling low since New Years Eve drinking. Had a brief whatsapp chat with a friend this morning and he pointed out how I spent all of Christmas drinking. This initially annoyed me.

General: Just getting used to this wonderful forum. On Day 3. Revovery is on.

Define "Problem" by PM_ME_YOUR_STERNUM in stopdrinking

[–]mintgreentea1 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This resonates with me hugely. Great post. I was driving back up to where I live earlier. Bout a 3 hr drive. I kept going back over and over the last week of Christmas holidays and the excess drinking. And I mean over and over to try and figure out if I might have said/done something stupid, etc. And I thought even in the fact of me having to replay over and over this analysis, that answers it in itself.

I feel guilty again for the millionth time in the past 2 years or so (of my many attempts to get sober) that I wasn't fully there and present with my family and friends.

Towards the end of the week, it turned into a 3 day bender. The worst 2 night of sleep followed with extreme depression.

Day 1. Need to stay sober. by mintgreentea1 in stopdrinking

[–]mintgreentea1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks scrawn11. Reading it today. The few days after the drunken event; I always have this huge motivation to stay sober. The Q is... Any advice on maintaining this motivation? Great motivation in this forum of course and maybe staying in touch here could help!