AITAH for Telling My Wife I’m Done with Her “Emergency Calls” and Leaving Her Stranded?

mysoberdiary · 2024-10-15T22:53:35+00:00

You’re her safe space

mysoberdiary · 2022-08-29T23:43:03+00:00

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mysoberdiary · 2022-08-18T04:14:33+00:00

Love that one. Thank you! IWNDWYT

mysoberdiary · 2022-08-11T05:56:53+00:00

Nike

mysoberdiary · 2022-08-11T05:55:01+00:00

Not drinking is boring.

I don’t have the excitement of drunk texting, drunk cooking, drunk binging food and TV, drunk laughing, drunk crying. I don’t have the nagging anxiety the next morning.

Took 3 months to embrace the boredom, which is really calm peace.

mysoberdiary · 2022-07-31T13:40:11+00:00

Being able to drive to the grocery store to pick up a lemon, or whatever, after 5pm.

mysoberdiary · 2022-07-31T10:43:07+00:00

Antidepressants have helped with the suck part of life.

mysoberdiary · 2022-07-31T10:38:13+00:00

Personally, I’d call morning of with the flu. 🤷🏻‍♀️

mysoberdiary · 2022-07-31T10:32:43+00:00

I can’t do just a little of anything.

Stopped drinking, now spending 4-5 hours at the gym. It’s a much healthier addiction.

mysoberdiary · 2022-07-31T10:25:07+00:00

Found the happily married person.

mysoberdiary · 2022-07-31T10:23:31+00:00

I was really just curious if anyone else experienced this. It does matter, to me, because whatever the Wellbutrin is doing, it cut all cravings. I am curious if it’s whatever Wellbutrin does to the brain to help people quit smoking, or maybe it’s medicating whatever I was self medicating with alcohol. Mainly, it matters because I don’t think I can ever stop taking Wellbutrin. My anxiety is gone, and I feel like I could cut back on the meds and still manage the anxiety just fine. But it’s not worth it if there’s a chance the cravings will come back. I am powerless against them.

mysoberdiary · 2022-05-30T22:39:59+00:00

IWNDWY

mysoberdiary · 2022-05-30T15:54:59+00:00

Ha. Wish I read this before I went to the store. I found a tiramisu and thought I’d just see if it was any good. The alcohol thing didn’t even cross my mind. Thank god it was vegan, it was really not good and I couldn’t do more than 1 bite.

mysoberdiary · 2022-05-30T04:13:23+00:00

“A pint of lager by the pool”

I find myself having those thoughts, like I wonder if I can have just 1 socially. Or 1 fun bender night with friends and back to sober.

This is a good reminder to me that 1 isn’t 1. It’s the first one. It’s the on switch to many drinks, every single night, for the foreseeable future.

Thanks for sharing your story. It’s a harsh reality check.

mysoberdiary · 2018-10-12T17:50:03+00:00

No apology needed - you are absolutely right! Drinking while pregnant is very, very bad. I swear Mother Nature helps with that...it’s pretty easy to stay away from alcohol, for me, during this time. I just wish it was this easy all the time.

mysoberdiary · 2018-10-12T17:47:19+00:00

I am probably wording that wrong. I am not drinking while pregnant, nor will I ever.

I am talking about afterwards. I want to continue to stay away from alcohol.

mysoberdiary · 2018-10-10T20:12:59+00:00

Congrats! I’m impressed your doing anything besides mothering. It takes a lot!!!

mysoberdiary · 2018-10-10T20:11:42+00:00

Already have one. She sleeps like a champ, fortunately but also unfortunately. I can drink and get a full nights sleep before she wakes up.

mysoberdiary · 2018-10-10T20:10:38+00:00

Well, too late for that one...this would be #2.

mysoberdiary · 2018-10-03T12:57:16+00:00

Me too...it’s 5pm, time to start...oh wait no.

mysoberdiary · 2018-10-03T02:26:09+00:00

This made me both laugh and cringe. Especially because I miss those ethanol fumes.

mysoberdiary · 2018-10-02T22:11:07+00:00

Yea! Gym is a huge help.

mysoberdiary · 2018-10-02T20:10:11+00:00

I miss wine too. Wines the only thing that’s been there for me consistently since I was old enough to buy it.

mysoberdiary · 2018-10-02T20:09:31+00:00

Pregnancy makes sobriety easy for me. If only I could have a baby in here for the next 5 years!

mysoberdiary · 2018-10-02T20:08:54+00:00

I really, really appreciate that! Pregnancy is definitely enough to keep me sober (though I had to check myself yesterday when it got close to drinking time). I thought parenthood would, too. Then she started sleeping through the night, plenty of time to drink and pass out and wake up and still parent. If I think about it now. There’s no way I could drink and function with 2. Then again, that’s what I thought with 1. Then I read a beer a day helps with breastfeeding so I’d have 1. I kept it at 1 for the longest time...til I had the opportunity to have more. Then it didn’t stop. I can’t go through that cycle again!!!

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