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I went out for Halloween to a bar I frequently go to, I never drink and only on the rarest occasions do I struggle in which case my friends are more mindful of their drinks and support me in my sobriety. I went out for Halloween, all was good, I danced with a really cute guy, had a good time, and at the end of the night I accidentally drank from the wrong drink. It was a fair amount, used a straw and I was tired, hot and thirsty from dancing.
Throughout the night I was careful to place my drink in the same spot every time and I always smelled it before drinking just to double check, but when this guy asked me to dance I put it in a different spot and my friend's drink was where I usually put mine and I didn't think twice.
People try to tell me it doesn't count, it was a little bit and I didn't drink more afterwards... But they don't understand the beast that came alive inside of me. I had kept it at bay so long, fought so hard it gave up fighting me unless I was weakened by something else. Now it fights me every second of every day. In have been sober 22 hours now technically speaking, and it's been extremely difficult. I was 577 days sober and so proud of myself.. Kills me to restart.
It's not the first time I've had to restart the count, this time is worse because I didn't choose to drink, it just happened, and now I have to fight the beast inside that's telling me to drink because I'm already starting over, I may as well get really drunk, have to restart for a real reason. But I won't.
Throughout the night I was careful to place my drink in the same spot every time and I always smelled it before drinking just to double check, but when this guy asked me to dance I put it in a different spot and my friend's drink was where I usually put mine and I didn't think twice.
People try to tell me it doesn't count, it was a little bit and I didn't drink more afterwards... But they don't understand the beast that came alive inside of me. I had kept it at bay so long, fought so hard it gave up fighting me unless I was weakened by something else. Now it fights me every second of every day. In have been sober 22 hours now technically speaking, and it's been extremely difficult. I was 577 days sober and so proud of myself.. Kills me to restart.
It's not the first time I've had to restart the count, this time is worse because I didn't choose to drink, it just happened, and now I have to fight the beast inside that's telling me to drink because I'm already starting over, I may as well get really drunk, have to restart for a real reason. But I won't.
Some of us lie to ourselves that we can just a one every now and then.
Nope.
I'm scared to death what would happen if I just had one...
Same reason why I never dropped acid.
I've heard at meetings of people specifically selecting cold medicine with alcohol with the hopes they'll get buzzed - and then later feeling like it was a relapse and then resetting their sobriety clocks. That's because their intention was to get buzzed, and they had non-alcoholic cold medication options.
I've also heard the same story as your numerous times from numerous people, and they didn't reset their sobriety clock. It classifies as a mistake, and as a warning.
Like others wrote, if you feel you need to reset your calendar, so be it. I'm thinking that myself and most of my friends in a program wouldn't think it was necessary. Your call though.
I took ONE dose to SLEEP. Now, if I was doing shots of the green monster to get buzzed so I can stay awake and feel the buzz, that's another thing. But it's still al little scary for me and I have to be very careful...
That said, again, it's all about intention for me...