First sober Christmas

I did it, I got through the whole of Christmas without drinking booze. The best thing though was people reactions. Whenever I was offered a glass of wine or champagne I just said that I'd given up drinking and the response was usually 'That's very healthy!' Or something along those lines, which was so much better than the accusations and interrogations I'd mentally being preparing for. 

During Christmas lunch I think the others only opened two bottles of wine and there were ten adults. After lunch everyone immediately started drinking tea or coffee which made me realise how different things would have been if I had still been drinking. I would definitely have had a few glasses of wine before everyone had got there and then probably would have managed a bottle to myself during lunch. Afterwards I would have noticed that no one was drinking and this would have stressed me out and I would have then had a few secret drinks in the kitchen before waiting for a 'reasonable' time in the evening to open another bottle in the evening. Not drinking made it all so much more relaxing, and I realise now that wine was the thing that would have caused the stress. 

Boxing Day was another big sit down family meal but with another set of relatives who do enjoy a drink and many more bottles of wine were opened. Probably still bolstered by my success of the previous day I was happy to stick to my shloer which I poured in to the wine glass that had been provided for me. 

Next to go is New Year's Eve but as I've already got a bottle of special sparkly shloer chilling in the fridge I'm feel prepared for that too. In the new year I plan to try and get a grip on my sugar intake but for tonight I have a backlog of Christmas tv to get through and a tin of quality street to enjoy. 

A Sober Tether

Day 24 - Or 24 days ago I got tired of pretending we'd had a party every time I put the recycling bin out.

25 days ago I 'over indulged' (this is coming from a woman who thought a bottle of wine nearly every night was perfectly fine) and I woke up feeling rough as hell and generally fed up with myself.  In my hungover unable to move from the sofa state I found the world of sober blogging, and if you've ever written one I probably read every single word of it during my two day hangover. I'd never considered giving up drinking before, it just didn't seem like an option, but 24 days later I'm still off the booze.   As Christmas is only 2 sleeps (yes I'm a mum) away I feel like I need something to keep me tethered to this soberness and this seems the best way to do that. Also I feel like a creepy stalker as I've been reading peoples blogs daily and I couldn't figure out how to comment without a profile.