@thedenisepotter: 😏Let me tell you a story… 👵🏻Picture it, Georgetown 2021. A mother in her 40s attends brunch with a few childhood friends that took place on the beautiful waterfront in Washington, DC. 🥂The weather was perfect & the company even better! That’s usually where the media will have the story end. But that’s not how it played out for me. I chose to drive home drunk for 45 minutes, running my car into a barrier. When I woke up the next day, I had no recollection of it at all. My husband pointed out the damage done to the right side of my car. And that, for me, was my rock bottom & the reason why my former bestie, Alcohol & I broke up. There were other times when I should have had that moment of enlightenment way before this accident but this was different & here’s why .. 💡It scared TF out of me-I had NO recollection of that wreck. I only remember getting home from brunch, taking a nap, walking Odin with Maddie, & then watching a movie with her. I had a pit in my stomach all night long but couldn’t figure out why.. 💡I have sole custody of Maddie; it was a very complicated situation. When I saw the damage done to my car, it hit me that I could have k!lled myself! Visions of heated custody cases bc I’m not there flashed through my mind. I saw Maddie filled with sadness & anxiety bc of my stupidity & quite honestly, my selfishness 🥺 💡Drama in my 40s is quite embarrassing. I’m seriously too old for that isssh… if I had gotten pulled over, how would I explain being in jail to my family? More importantly, how would that affect our life & bank account? That was pretty much it for me. That’s not to say I didn’t almost cave SEVERAL times - I was fired 10 days later, btw - but every time the thought even crossed my mind, my car & Maddie’s future quickly took over. 👉I can never go back to living the life of a daily drinker. NEVER. 👉I didn’t realize how much I was actually risking until it came too close to losing it all. I am grateful my definition of fun no longer risks my life or deteriorates my mental health. Today, fun is whatever brings me JOY! Why did you break up (or want to breakup) with alcohol? 🤔 #sob#sobermovementb#soberafh#nohangoverb#sobercommunityi#quitdrinkingb#sobermomb#sobrietyb#soberlifestylec#recoveryjourneyo#boozefreed#WeDoRecoverberjourney

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Monday 05 August 2024 15:19:50 GMT