I do realize that this time of year can be stressful for a lot of us here. I too am often challenged by family gatherings. It is probably the one situation I still need to get better at dealing with, but it's in a working state.
However, I'm here to say that I feel quite excited that this holiday season is coming! It will provide me and my family with a lot of joy and I'm happy at that prospect. I feel like things have, can and will get better with practice. So I felt I should share that, although we all have challenging times, it does get better!
There are definitely still things that plague me, but they're taking a backseat for now and the relief is amazing. The only thing I can attribute it to is drinking less. I've been limiting my alcohol consumption which, granted, was probably more than it should have been. And every day that I wake up completely sober ends up being way happier than it would have been had I drank the previous day. It almost makes me think why I would even consider putting myself through that in the first place. You would think the negative reinforcement would be enough to outweigh the drunken feeling but I guess my silly brain doesn't think so.
Regardless, I hope this helps to serve as an example that we can all have good days if we just keep at it!
I hope those good days arrive sooner rather than later for all of you.
Take care.
However, I'm here to say that I feel quite excited that this holiday season is coming! It will provide me and my family with a lot of joy and I'm happy at that prospect. I feel like things have, can and will get better with practice. So I felt I should share that, although we all have challenging times, it does get better!
There are definitely still things that plague me, but they're taking a backseat for now and the relief is amazing. The only thing I can attribute it to is drinking less. I've been limiting my alcohol consumption which, granted, was probably more than it should have been. And every day that I wake up completely sober ends up being way happier than it would have been had I drank the previous day. It almost makes me think why I would even consider putting myself through that in the first place. You would think the negative reinforcement would be enough to outweigh the drunken feeling but I guess my silly brain doesn't think so.
Regardless, I hope this helps to serve as an example that we can all have good days if we just keep at it!
I hope those good days arrive sooner rather than later for all of you.
Take care.
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