It's almost midnight, the new year, and I am feeling grateful, happy, and positive. Me and my husband went out to a nice dinner with our very good friends. They are friends which we have known for five years now. She doesn't drink and he does, but only a little. In the last two years, they have become our best friends. The fact that she doesn't drink, has helped me to not drink much at all. However, tonight, she had a glass of champagne to celebrate the new year. One glass. I had four glasses, not enough to make me drunk or feel stupid, but more than enough. But I don't feel bad about it. For some reason, I feel excited, because tomorrow is my new start. I am going to do dry January. Then, I plan to keep going...to not drink for February. I will do this, I will.
While 2017 wasn't my year to give up alcohol completely, it was my year to reign it in significantly. I stopped drinking daily. I stopped drinking to get drunk. I only got "overly, stupidly drunk" eight or less times in 2017 (and of course, I felt like the biggest failure because of it) and I have felt positive about not drinking as I've done in the past. With all that being said, I'm ready to not drink at all.
2017 wasn't perfect, in regards to my drinking alcohol (well, in other things as well), but it was an improvement to years pass. 2018 will be my year to join all those who have stayed the course to not drink. 2018 will be the year I make the biggest change of my life. I'm ready. I'm excited. I'm going to do this. I am.
Happy New Year!
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