Clear Headed
The weekend that just passed marked an anniversary for me it was 8 weeks since I touched an alcoholic drink. I now once again consider myself teetotal and I’ve not missed the taste of alcohol in the slightest.
I’ve been to a funeral which I struggled to get through and I watched people around me drink alcohol but I didn’t feel tempted to drink any. I’ve had my birthday, the first without my mum and I wasn’t tempted to turn to vodka despite going out for a meal and of course along with the tears of missing mum’s presence on my birthday yet I still wasn’t tempted.
Later this week it will be mum’s birthday, a poignant and emotional first birthday without her, I’ve placed a birthday memorial in the paper, I’ve bought her a card and I’ll place flowers at her grave and I am sure there will be tears, but one thing is for sure I won’t be drinking to blank out my feelings.
I don’t miss alcohol. Well perhaps that’s not 100% true, in the recent hot weather I could sometimes murder a nice glass of cold cider… even more so after all that recent hard work and cleaning in dad’s new house! Overall though I am sure I feel better for not drinking and my purse certainly feels heavier for it!
Yay! Well done! That’s quite an achievement.
That’s really positive and I hope that you can maintain it. Take care. xx
That’s really good. No doubt you are feeling the benefits.
Well done!
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wow ally im so proud of you..wish i could do it!! you know what im gonna say…as always your mam will be proud of you xx
Well done you
Welcome to the club! Never liked alcohol.
I like the new layout.
It reflects your positivity. 
(Does that word exist? If not, I have just invented it. *g*)
Well done, I’m so proud of you Alison. You are doing great.