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Addiction & Recovery

bif

(22,708 posts) Sun Apr 28, 2019, 11:29 AM Apr 2019

Had 35 people for Greek Easter yesterday, and didn't have a drop! [View all]

I kept myself busy/distracted grilling the lamb and spent a lot of the time in the kitchen prepping and doing dishes. I'm learning tricks to help get me through events like this. And the bar was in the living room, so I tried to stay as far away from it as possible. Out of sight, out of mind, right? In the past, I would sneak a few swigs of wine, but I totally abstained yesterday.

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Had 35 people for Greek Easter yesterday, and didn't have a drop! [View all] bif Apr 2019 OP

Good job. underpants Apr 2019 #1

Congrats! mr_lebowski Apr 2019 #2

Way to go! KPN Apr 2019 #3

Well done! Mersky Apr 2019 #4

Mmmmm - grilled lamb blm Apr 2019 #5

You should be vry proud of yourself! randr Apr 2019 #6

Thanks. It does seem to be getting better. bif Apr 2019 #7

It gets easier by far. onecaliberal Apr 2019 #10

Istopped my modest intake of wine when I was having horrible intestinal problems and thought CTyankee Apr 2019 #16

Wonderful!!! secondwind Apr 2019 #8

Good for you. irisblue Apr 2019 #9

Way to go. It not only gets easier, you feel better all the time. OregonBlue Apr 2019 #11

Been there myself. Mucho congratulations rurallib Apr 2019 #12

Yesterday I made Galaktoboureko, ChiTownDenny Apr 2019 #13

Um, at first glance I thought this OP was about Greek Easter. ChiTownDenny Apr 2019 #15

Stay strong and reach out for help when you feel the urge. Pepsidog Apr 2019 #14

Minute by minute, hour by hour, day by day is how you do it: bravo! fierywoman Apr 2019 #17

Good for you! wendyb-NC Apr 2019 #18

Congrats! Soon it will be as if the problem never existed nvme Apr 2019 #19

Keep up the good work! Karadeniz Apr 2019 #20

That took some determination! democrank Apr 2019 #21

Kalou Pascha shenmue Apr 2019 #22

Opa! To paraphrase the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers: lamb will get you thru times of FailureToCommunicate Apr 2019 #23

True that! Thanks! bif Apr 2019 #24

Congratulations!!!! Stuart G Apr 2019 #25

Yeah! snowybirdie Apr 2019 #26

trial by fire and you passed! Great job! samnsara Apr 2019 #27

Great. Be proud. After a while it will feel easy to ignore. applegrove Apr 2019 #28