If you quit smoking everyone pats you on the back and tells you how strong and awesome you are. But give up drinking and they look at you askance and wonder if you have a problem (is she an *whisper it* alcoholic?) and if you're going to become a total party pooper.
It's no wonder that we generally hide behind smokescreens and excuses: "I'm driving/ on antibiotics/ detoxing/ still getting over last night ha ha ha."
But quitting is hard, especially at this time of year when the world and his wife are constantly out getting drunk.
We need cheerleaders. We need someone to say "YOU ROCK! YOU'RE AMAZING! SEE YOU ROAR!"
That is, I imagine, one of the wonderful things about AA. There's always someone to light candles on a cake for your soberversary and give you a big hug.
The internet can also make you feel surrounded by cheerleaders, and I hope that through this site, and those of my fabulous fellow sober bloggers, you can feel supported and understood.
But, just in case some days you need just a bit of an extra boost, I'm going to share my little secret with you....
(You may, at this stage, start thinking I'm a little mad. I suspect you're right).
....when I'm feeling a bit flat I imagine that I am being followed everywhere by my own personal rock band. Click here to see what I mean.
Let me know if it works for you too.
Love SM x
P.S. If you're new to my blog and would like to read from my Day One, then click here.
Let me know if it works for you too.
Love SM x
P.S. If you're new to my blog and would like to read from my Day One, then click here.
