Thoughts on day 778 alcohol-free – from the blog Off Dry by Kristi Colter
.. think about cutting yourselves some slack. Have a cupcake if you want it. Buy two cupcakes and eat only the frosting parts of both of them, which is a thing I have heard some other people do. Go to a movie in the middle of the day. Sleep late. Binge-watch something. Smoke a bunch of cigarettes, if it’s going to make not drinking a little easier.
This is not about being lazy for the rest of your life, or gaining fifty pounds or getting fired or resigning yourself to lung cancer. This is about giving yourself some space to just be sober for a bit, until you’ve got some momentum
So I don’t have to be good !?
That’s great!
I mean I’m no saint
If I had to be good
The perfect housewife and mum
My husband would probably faint (lol)
So are you saying
I can keep playing
Having fun
Now that my sobriety’s begun?
This is challenging my preconceptions
It’s a misconception
Erm question?
So I don’t have to be sensible
and all grown up
Just because I don’t pick up
The booze
I could still be how I choose?
Phew!
I don’t think
I could actually live up
To a perfect version of me
Don’t put me on a pedestal
I’ll fall!
Definitely
I’m far from perfect you see
I don’t go to the gym
Or go for a swim
I’d rather pig out
Watch movies
Comedies, thrillers or dramas that move me
You’re more than likely
to find me snuggling
on the sofa with a cup of tea
No triathlon for me
Not really!
I don’t drink now, not anymore
But I still get fed up
In a bad mood for sure
I need to chill out
Let off steam
But it’s no longer done
by pursuing the alcohol “dream ”
You know the one that we’re constantly sold
I mean,
That just got old!
I do need a few new hobbies though
Like yoga and art
I’ll give them a go
And I fancy the theatre or
A West End show
But for now, I think I’m doing great!
Doing fine
Just by not drinking that wine!
Life is Too Short to Waste it Wasted
These poetic musings on being fine without the wine were inspired by a post by Kristi Coulter author of Nothing Good Can Come from This and composed by FlossThe author of The Runaway Train and Nailing the Narcissist
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