[codyjacksmom]

Being a recovering alcoholic for just 13 months, I will do the same this year as I did last. I will call ahead of time and ask if they will be serving any alcohol. If they are, I respectfully decline, letting them know that I am not ready to put myself that close to temptation yet. It is called self preservation...my sobriety comes first. I'm sure that if I start drinking again, it won't be long before I die.

[Who dat?]

I'm sure that if I start drinking again, it won't be long before I die.

I’ve heard a lot of people say that.

I must be really weird. I don’t know if I was (am?) an alcoholic. I drank heavy for 25 years though. Literally would burn through a 12 pack of beer before lunch but after work was when the drinking really started. I’d go through one of those 1.75 liter bottles of Seagram’s in two days.

Did that day in and day out for decades. Then one day I was doing something and realized I hadn’t drunk anything in three or four days. Haven’t touched any since.

It isn’t anything I consciously tried to do… just sort-of got bored with it or “forgot” or something. Sometimes it’s nice being sorta dopey.

[SweetCaroline]

I'm sure that if I start drinking again, it won't be long before I die. ....you know that's the same way I felt. Even still, it took me awhile to quit. I feel my body & mind repairing it's self more and more each day! THANK YOU GOD!

[Diva Betsy Ross]

Great idea. God bless you.