The Cutting Down / Giving Up Booze Thread (Part 14)

I'm very relieved that other people recognise that sentiment of knowing perfectly well we've had enough and perfectly consciously opening another bottle / dipping back into the wine box / buying another round / accepting the offer of another one. It wasn't just me then; I just wondered.

Over dinner on Sunday neighbours were talking about a gin tasting evening they'd hosted last year. We weren't invited, no matter, but I used to love gin, and in my drinking days I'd have loved loved loved a gin tasting evening. Listening to them talking about it I was surprised to find I felt very detached from the discussion and found myself wondering if coke addicts talk about the different hits they get from coke from different sources. I wouldn't know, I've never been tempted by the stuff, and I'm not a fan of the black fizzy drink, either.

It seemed a slightly mad subject, to be honest, with my almost out of body experience while reflecting on being sober for three years listening to intelligent people discussing the merits of one version of getting !!!!!! over another. Because I used to love gin and not once was I even remotely tempted to go back to drinking it, and it therefore didn't come as a surprise to me that I drank in a dream that night, much to my dreaming disappointment in myself.

23/31 please, Shaggy.

Afternoon all, 22/21 for me today please.

Thanks Shaggy! Hope you are having a nice time on holiday!! :hello: