Hi everyone,
I’m only on day 2 but I have just woken up this morning (Saturday) for the first time in as long as I can remember without a hangover! I’m feeling fantastic. If I could bottle this feeling, then I would never even want another alcoholic drink again.
Me and my husband even went for dinner last night with my in laws and they all shared a bottle of wine. It’s the first time I have ever not drunk at dinner, with them or otherwise, so they probably went home thinking I was pregnant 
We are also out this evening at the theatre but that is just me and the husband and I’m driving so hopefully it’ll be ok.
Have a good weekend everyone. Stay strong!
Emma x
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Well done on your 2 days and welcome to this amazing community Emma! However, i really want to warn against keep putting yourself in situations where drink is present at least for a good while until you get stronger in your sobriety…ive seen alot on here of people wanting to get sober then just going about life as usual and just not drinking…it doesnt really work like that not in my experience anyway…kinda like if you keep placing your hand ever closer to the fire eventually youl get burnt right?
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Yes, I completely understand and I actually discussed this with my husband last night after reading some great posts on here.
I actually wasn’t feeling like going out and socialising at all last night. I was probably terrible company! But, and it sounds terrible now I’m writing it, my husband explained it was a mother’s day meal and we couldn’t cancel.
I’ve already told him I’m going to be a lot more selfish going forward to protect myself.
He really wants me to succeed but I don’t think he realised how many changes would have to happen, at least in the short to medium future.
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I hear you and understand why you went in that case, its ok to be selfish for a while for the greater good and that greater good is so worth it…it seems boring and asthough you cant have a life at first but thats a fallacy because there are loads of things you can do that dont involve drinking. Id advise not having it in the house aswell. I did 3 months of not being around it at all in the very beginning and it served me well xx
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Hi Emma and a warm welcome in our sober tribe 
You can bottle up that feeling a little bit…
Write down on a piece of paper how good you feel. All the things that sobriaty brings you!
At the other side of that piece of paper you write the bad things drinking brought to you (the reasons why you wanna quit).
Put that piece of paper in your wallet ore somewhere else close by so you can read it when you need it. It will be handy some day because after a few weeks, ore months maybe our addiction voice tries to lure you back in romanticizing your drinking habits. We tent to “forget” how bad it was. Such a piece of paper can help you to remember the “why”
But…enjoy this feeling while it last! 
A sober life is so much better, you’re finally free!
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