Good question. Since I stopped drinking (on 11/26/07), I have had so many thoughts to share. Funny thoughts, ironic thoughts, sad thoughts, angry thoughts, and even important thought provoking thoughts. However, sobriety can be an isolating thing. Sure, most of my friends and family know that I am an alcoholic, but it isn't something I want to bore them with day in and day out. And, let's face it, it would be flat out strange to say to one of the other moms at preschool that I was dying for a beer. It is not a good way to get playdates.
There is AA of course, and I am faithfully attending (although not always as often as I should). I have the beginning of a good support network. But, like anything, it doesn't come overnight. I do not have 100 new best friends who I want to share every thought with.
Additionally, the experience of actually telling people that I have been going to AA is interesting. People are VERY interested in what goes on behind those doors. Not the confidential stuff - but actual mundane things - like what we do and how it works and how you know where to go. It is interesting I suppose - since it is something that is very secretive. So, I am happy to share information about AA - not confidential stuff, but the basics. Hopefully it can help someone else - or maybe just help someone understand what those alcoholics are doing in there.
So, that is the why of this blog. I hope it will be a place to chronicle my journey and to help others (including my non-alcoholic friends) understand.
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