This is gonna sound really selfish but my 26 year old daughter and her fiancé have been living with us for the last two years to save money for their own place, obs daughter was here longer than that lol 😆
Today they’ve officially moved into their new place and I got extremely emotional!! When my husband and the removal guy left with the fledglings I felt so down it’s untrue and the first thing I thought was “they’ll be gone all day I can sneak a bottle!! I actually walked into the store with the intention and then burst out crying, people might’ve thought I was mad but ultimately I walked out with nothing, now I feel like I’ve really backtracked on my progress! Am I being too hard on myself because that’s what my husband said???
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You did brilliantly!! To walk out without buying that bottle that takes a lot of strenth. Dont get down about your daughter leaving home ... be proud that you've brought her up to be a responsible soul with a boyfriend who obviously loves her and helped them very unselfishly by letting them stay with you while they found their feet. Them leaving the nest isnt the end of the world just the start of a new chapter in both your lives and you will still see plenty of her and enjoy doing things together especially now that this lockdown is beginning to lift. So be proud of your daughter, keep smiling and be proud of yourself for walking away from a bottle of booze at a time when you thought you really needed it. Well done
L x
Hello Siouxzie68
This does feel recognisable and I had many moments of these. When I was on my way to the store to get alcohol I talked myself out of it in the car on the way there a numerous times and eventually drove back home. About 2 months ago I was not that strong and I did get alcohol and it spiraled pretty quickly from there for about 3 weeks and to to this day a month sober I still feel pain, worry and regret just from that mistake. It's a good thing that you left the store empty handed because it's poison. Stay strong 👍😊
It might be worth getting some counselling to look at why you felt the self destruct feeling. There was an underlying reason why you started drinking in the first place.
Hello Siouxzie68,
Hope you are well today,
I am glad you have felt able to share this experience, and you should be proud of your choices.
I am also loving our wonderful family of forum members here to give each other encouragement and support .
Thanks so much trust9 , feeling a lot better today, I was just feeling sorry for myself really, chat with you guys and a cry then a good nights sleep!! ❤️
Wow! That’s scary, Roy! I’d get rid of that if I were you. It shows that we’ll always get those urges from time to time.
It’s off topic, but was vodka your drink of choice before? I was never into spirits, and I think that might’ve been the one thing that saved me. I drank fast (I still do although it’s tea, coffee or alco free now), and I wouldn’t have coped well with spirits.
I’m very well today thank you , so much encouragement from the group really does make a massive difference!! Head up and plough on lol 😆!!
I have my six monthly appointment on July 12th and I’m actually looking forward to seeing my consultant,who has been amazing and totally nonjudgmental also my husband who I would never have got through the last four years without!!!
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Needing hope
So annoyed.
Still fairly beaten down
Lost for words🤐
