I've been sober for three years but terribly miss drinking at Christmas time. Then I remind myself of the profound idea that's changed my life: There's no such thing as 'just a glass': CLOVER STROUD
3 months ago

I've been sober for three years but terribly miss drinking at Christmas time. Then I remind myself of the profound idea that's changed my life: There's no such thing as 'just a glass': CLOVER STROUD

Daily Mail  

Sometimes I urgently miss drinking. And while I am evangelical about sobriety and the good it's brought into my life, if I'm really honest there are certain times I really do miss getting drunk. If you really want to drink, there are only glasses, many, many glasses, and a single glass will never make you feel right. So I remind myself that 'just a glass' leads to many glasses - and I don't really want to go there. An over-effusive message to someone on social media is one thing, but I remember that sinking sense of regret and anxiety that comes after a big night of drinking, when you wake up with a throbbing headache and a mouth like a drain basket, mentally pat yourself down and ask what did I say and, oh god, what did I do last night?

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