[retteacher]

Hi Everyone:

I'm under some pressure w/family situations (kids, aged parents), but I'm not using that as an excuse to drink. There could ALWAYS be an excuse to drink, & I want to break that pattern of needing "to take the edge off." There are countless people who get through all kinds of crises wo/resorting to drink. I want to be one of those.

That said: I have so much to be grateful for today. I'll be taking my g-sons to a nature program, & I know I'll enjoy it myself. If I were harboring a hangover, I'd be obssessing on that & all my guilt. I don't have that today, & for that I'm very, very thankful.

Pre-MWO, I was incredibly preoccupied w/my drinking prob. I got very little enjoyment out of life. My thinking was always centered around:
-when, where, & how can I drink?
-what am I doing to my aging body?
-is anyone noticing my prob?

Thank you everyone at MWO. Those concerns are no longer a part of my life today.

Love, Mary