Hey fellow Ex-ers. Everybody hanging in there, I hope. I'm just beginning Day 14 and am looking forward to having two weeks behind me. (I'm also looking forward to not needing an apple danish, a handful of trail mix, and a hard candy all before 7AM, but that's another post.) I've read that most of my physical symptoms will be gone soon and I'll be left to face only my wee little brain. As anyone who knows me can tell you, my brain is not exactly a powerhouse so hopefully I won't give myself too much of a problem.
OK, now I'm talking in circles. But that's OK. This insanity is temporary - quitting is FOREVER!
First romantic evening for hubby and I tomorrow night. We were gifted a night of babysitting, movie tickets, and a dinner for two for Christmas and we're using them this weekend. It will feel funny to be out alone together and NOT share a bottle of wine, order two mixed drinks each, and clutch each other giddily in the cold while puffing away down the street to the car...but we will do it. We can still clutch each other, I suppose. 😃
We made the decision to quit drinking for the year 2010, both to make our quits easier and to see "how the other half lives." You know, those people who say..."Oh, I better not have another beer. Don't want to get drunk." I've always wondered..."Why not? What's so special about not getting drunk?"
So now we'll know. I'm sure it will be fascinating.
BUT we'll have a lot more time on our hands - let's see, there's the actual drinking time on Friday night, the sleeping-late recovery the next morning, the sitting around eating sandwiches and watching reality television all day to recover, and the doing of it all over again Saturday night. None of that will be necessary anymore. Who knows, maybe I'll be nodding over crocheted oven mitts and hubby will be sleeping 14 hours a day by summer time, but maybe we'll do something really cool like renovate the house or take guitar lessons instead. Anything's possible.
"When patterns are broken, new worlds emerge." ~Tuli Kupferberg
