Carol Thanks for the recognition that I have achieved so far. It is now 26 days, but I am arriving to a challenging situation over the weekend that will test my strength. I will need all the support I can get so that I can get past the weekend & make it to a month of sobriety. What is going on first is that the idea that is settling in my mind, the realization that Mother's day will always remind me of 1 year ago when my husband asked for a divorce...& how my life forever changed after that point...also it has been 1 month since I've spoken to my mother as she is angry with my for not being able to stop my drinking in the recent past. Third & most challenging I was invited to a birthday party at a club on Saturday night with the guy I'm seeing. It's his friend's birthday & he really wants me to meet some of his friends. I want to make a good impression, but I need to know I'm going to be strong enough not to drink in that environment. I don't want to look or do anything foolish, so I think I might be ok, but I'm just not sure it's a good idea. I knew these challenges would come up in my future...I just didn't know it would be this soon. I'm not sure what to do. I would like to go out & enjoy myself, but haven't known what it was like for a long time to enjoy myself without drinking. Any advice?? Post edited by: Xina, at: 05/06/2011 05:57 AM Post edited by: Xina, at: 05/06/2011 05:58 AM "We are not Human Beings having a Spiritual Experience...we are Spiritual Beings having a Human Experience"
The past is unchangeable so it is futile to reflect on it unless you are making sure you do not repeat past mistakes. The future is but a result of your actions today. So learn from the past to do better in the present so that you can succeed in the future.
Diagnosis:
Bipolar I
GAD (Generalized Anxiety Disorder)
Medications: (Started March 17, 2009)
Trileptal 300 mg / PM
Geodon 20 mg / PM
Ativan 1 mg
Wellbutrin XL 300 mg (stopped on my own - not by pdoc - October 21, 2010) |
