Yeah, so I had that fifth drink Sunday night.
Drat.
I, clearly, can still allow loved ones to trigger me.
I was having such a good run of moderate drinking too.
Thankfully, by the next day I was back on track, and really hope to stay here.
Thankfully, also, harmony was quickly and easily restored the following day (Monday) between my little family and me.
I'm So Very Blessed And Loved.
The fact that the four of us are from different planets just makes life more interesting!
With The Intention Of Achieving Balance And Control Over Drinking And Being Fully Deprogrammed From CultAA--which I am learning to forgive, and let go of. Research teaches us that 1 out of 3 people are problem drinkers, but 90% of problem drinkers are Not Alcoholics and can change.
My Drinking History: Over four decades of mostly problem drinking, five drunken-related arrests in my 20s (the early 80s), of abstinence and binge-drinking, of trying moderation and usually-or-often failing, of being immersed in almost every other recovery group out there, but of being mostly sober.