How did you go over Christmas? I gave up 5 years ago and now realise I should have done it 60 years ago! Keep at it - it's well worth it.
Cheers
Mumut
Over Christmas, grandad convinced me to have some red wine. I folded, because it was the bottle I'd bought him for his birthday in September, when I still drank, and he had been waiting till Christmas to open it and share it with me.
But I found some middle ground - I had only a tiny amount, just to taste it.
However, when I went to visit dad earlier this month, I fell off the wagon a few times. Basically, every time I've gone up to dad's place in the Riverland (ie. for the past 5 or 6 years) it's been a nonstop drinkfest.
This time, I made it through the first night, and right up till lunchtime on day 2. Then we went to a club to play some pool, and dad ordered a beer, and I caved and had one too. Surprisingly, it took me so long to drink it. We had 5 games of pool, and I still hadn't finished it after that.
That night, with booze still somewhat in my system, I had a glass of wine with dinner. That lasted about 3 hours.
Made it through the rest of the 5 days with only 1 more slip - night 4, I had some more wine, because dad wanted to kill the bottle.
Even so... 3 drinks in 5 days isn't that bad, considering it would've been 3 drinks in 2 hours if I hadn't quit.