I'm not going to lie, it's not going to be easy not to drink until then!
But I'm going to do it anyway.
I've gotten into a very bad habit of getting drunk every time I drink, which is almost everyday lately.
I'm in the deepest emotional pain of my life over my so-called mother and the rest of my family of origin, whom I now know for sure I'll NEVER be able to achieve healing and reunion with.
Drinking has been a great escape, but it's probably killing me.
I need a break from alcohol so I can resume moderate drinking. That is sobriety to me: moderation and abstinence days.
My little family and I are looking forward to Thanksgiving together, yummy eats, perhaps margaritas, and perhaps games or a movie or a walk in the park. : D
I had to ask friends how to make a margarita! Cuz I drink my tequila mixed with structured water only!
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.