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Addiction & Recovery

bif

(26,032 posts) Mon Sep 5, 2022, 01:15 PM Sep 2022

Is this a bad habit to get into? [View all]

I've been sober for almost 4 years These days when I'm at a gathering, or even home with my wife, I sort of keep track of how much other people drink. With my wife I'll actually count how many glasses of wine she has. Sometime I'll say to myself, "Oh sure, you can have a bottle of wine, but I can't!" In a way, I'm secretly jealous, but in the morning I remind myself that I don't have a hangover and I often get up with the sun. Something I almost ever did back when I was drinking.

Anyone else do this?

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Is this a bad habit to get into? [View all] bif Sep 2022 OP

I quit drinking over 25 years ago. Walleye Sep 2022 #1

15 years here. Likewise, don't think about it much. But, DEbluedude Sep 2022 #8

Good job. Hang in there Walleye Sep 2022 #9

Haven't had anything in nearly 17 years. I don't even think about it anymore. onecaliberal Sep 2022 #2

I don't track others indulgences RainCaster Sep 2022 #3

It is taking someone else's inventory. KarenS Sep 2022 #4

What do you think? That's what matters. n/t TygrBright Sep 2022 #5

Do what works. patricia92243 Sep 2022 #6

yeah...I kind of do... bahboo Sep 2022 #7

Great Post, Thanks for starting bif..and thanks to all that have added to the discussion. Stuart G Sep 2022 #10

Only if I was riding with them - and if I needed to drive instead Rhiannon12866 Sep 2022 #11