Christmas Tipple - Yes or No??

Dear Claire,

Congratulations on being 17 months sober, that is a big accomplishment! (id be thrilled if i made it past 3 months).

Honestly i cant advice you on what to do, as i dont know how your previews drinking pattern was like. id say if you can avoid it, then please do.

Just ask yourself honestly if that one glass is really worth it? will it make you that much happier? what will you get from it? then put your answers on a scale of worth it or not worth it.

For me 1 glass was never enough, I drank for the buzz and the "high" of it. So therefor 1 drink does nothing for me. In my case there is no "in between" so ask yourself if you are like this as well, and if the answer is yes, then please avoid it all together.

hope this helps. Big hug!

Hi and congratulations. 💗

I will have to say no and that is speaking from my own experience. I stopped drinking almost 2L bottles of 14% red wine the 26th of March 2017 and hadn't had a drink until my Ex-husbands funeral. I had become liquidator of his estate in the name of our children and was in charge of managing everything down to his funeral. Him being from Belgium and with his family there that's where he wanted to be buried so the children and I brought him back from Canada to Belgium so he could be buried beside his father.

I decided that after 19 months sober I could have one drink just to toast him that day but as soon as smelled that glass of wine I was trying to figure out where to get a bottle to bring back home with me and luckily the stores were all closed too. It was a constant battle and I knew that I would never be able to drink again. Now I am 2 years and 9 months but that could have been ruined because it could have killed me like my Ex-husband. He was severely alcoholic and surprisingly stopped for 1 full year but one day he decided to drink and it killed him. He commited suicide a few months later. Hung himself from a tree. Drunk. So drunk with a seat full of empty beer cans beside him and a bag of full ones ready to drink...

Don't do it. It's not worth playing Russian roulette with your life.

Sorry for the long post but that's my opinion

Great to hear from you again. 17 months is a massive accomplishment😆😅😄. I am sober 7 years soon and had champagne 4 years ago at work. Special celebration and a small glass did not taste that nice. Not used to the taste after three years sober. It did not trigger anything and i did not need or want a 2nd one. Slippery slope downhill! I had too much to loose. Should you? Not certain at all and you know your body and mind better than anybody else. If in doubt, then do not drink...

hi, i did this for months after 2 years off. just drank a few cans at the weekend.

had no problems but 6 months down the road i get 18 weeks jail suspended. you can probably see what my answer will be 😃

Exactly the same for me! Two months off 13 years sober, so surely I can have a drink now? I even dreamed that I was having a glass of wine last night and was quite pleased when I woke up and it was 'only a dream.' I don't think I will though, but the temptation is always there. Good luck whatever you decide.

you are so brave I envy you congratulations I wish I could at least slow down or stop the booze i'm drinking I know I am not doing myself any good. the last 2yrs have been difficult and I find myself drinking every day my father passed 6mths ago my drinking has got worse this morning I feel dreafull and sad with myself