Hi everyone. With Thanksgiving, Christmas, and new years back to back to back this can be a very challenging time for us in recovery from drugs and alcohol. Last year was extremely brutal for me honestly. I’m over a year sober now with a much stronger foundation, but just curious how you all deal with staying sober during the holiday season. It’s a time where people will talk about alcohol and getting drunk in particular a lot more so how do you mentally prepare for that? Been an active member of AA since October last year so I know I have that to lean on, but just curious about anything else and any advice for anyone really new because I do know some folks within their first few months as well. Thanks!
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Hoping to treat it like the last 180 days. Wake up, say don’t drink and get to bed that night sober!! I’ve lost weight and gained energy. It’ll be a quiet family holiday. But I’ve only socialised with my wife and her friends. I’ve realised i drove a great deal of my social drinking by asking anyone in my reach to go to the pub. Very few people actually go out often. It was me it was always me. They weren’t friends they were people to drink with. I’m working on finding my friends again, hoping Christmas will help me with that! I don’t drink anymore
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I plan to get some special non-alcoholic drinks to stock for Christmas and take with me to gatherings. I like : three spirit, goodrays, ginger beer, and I want to try collider and impossibrew. Three spirit are the best for special occasions as their non alcoholic wines are made by plant scientists and wine makers🥳
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This seems like a good place to cross post this one:
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I generally just treat it like a normal day and if I feel like I don’t want to go to a gathering or function I don’t. I stick to my routine praying working out doing what’s already working
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