Hey Maggie, glad you are back. Any progress is progress and is good!! I know for me it is my regular day to day life where I seem to find it the hardest not to slip back into my patterns. Are you thinking about sticking with the wine for awhile?

Hope you get some well needed rest. xoxo Newlife

That's great, Maggie! Welcome back.

Yes it is the day to day life that is harder to deal with re the AL - and I have just bought some Guinness on my way home from work! I might go back to the wine though - not sure ..... it is easier to stop the wine after a couple than it is the Guinness - at mums I actually went out to get another bottle and had had two glasses from what I had before I went out, if you follow - yet when I poured that third glass I just did NOT want it - ended up tipping out that glass plus the rest of the bottle that I had just bought !

Thanks Ocean and Deena too .... it is good to be back. I always get so homesick when I go home !

Hugs, Maggie x

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Yea! Maggie is back in town! We all missed you! Hope you had fun over there! Any train stories like UK blonde!
That sounded like a NYC city subway ride but safer!

Welcome Home Maggie! Bravo on your intake while you were at your mom's!

Just take it one day at a time now that you're back! Keep on keeping on!

Thanks Minniemum, Reboot, and Jaba. I think I drank wine there instead of Guinness because it only comes in 4 packs - and I knew I would drink less wine - or if I didn't, mum would not notice how much I was drinking whereas with the cans of Guinness it is glaringly obvious !

My first week back was good too - 4 AF days and only a total of 9 drinks for the other 3 days. This week is not going so well already though .... baby steps !! Two steps forward and one step back! Thanks for the support everyone .... it does make a difference and really helps !!

Hugs, Maggie x

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welcome back Maggie! good to hear from you!

Guinness is actually a low alcohol beer relatively speaking. Most people think the opposite. But that's why I used to always supplement mine with a shot or two of Jameson. But anyway yeah, the cans that litter the counter top look a lot worse then one empty bottle of wine. That's why I liked the boxed wine. They actually are pretty good as far as wine goes and of course no one could tell how much you drank. Of course the box would get awfully light weight by the end of the evening.

My sneaking days are over but I remember it well.

Anyway sounds like you are on the right track Maggie!