Today, as a recovering alcoholic, I called my brother to share the news that I've been sober for a month. He invited me to a bar to celebrate. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I celebrated my friend's 5-month sobriety milestone with her by getting absolutely wasted. FML
Today, my mom celebrated a year's sobriety by having a couple of beers with her boyfriend. FML
Today, my uncle gave me a very expensive bottle of champagne at a celebratory family event. We were celebrating me spending one year sober. FML
Today, it's my one-year anniversary of being sober. For the occasion, my father decided to spice-up my non-alcoholic cocktail with booze. I didn't realize, and drank it. FML
Today, I'm a recovering alcoholic and drug addict. On new years, my mom called and asked what kind of champagne I want. FML
Today, after much coaxing, I finally got my roommate to loosen up and have a couple of beers with me and my friends. It was only later in the evening that he admitted the real reason he hadn't wanted to drink: he's an alcoholic and had been sober for six months, until now. FML
Today, I came home from partying all night, having stayed completely sober. My Dad, blind drunk, told me he was proud of me for staying sober. He claims to have been sober longer than I have. FML
Today, as a recovering alcoholic, I'm at a conference where letting loose is expected and, to a point, encouraged. I've been sober for 2.5 years and am pretty sure I managed to piss off just about everyone with how miserable I was listening to them describe my former favorite mixed drinks and shots. I miss wine. FML
Today, my alcoholic friend, who is now sober, told me I was a lot more fun when he was drinking. FML
Today, I found out that the neighbor I'd given a bottle of wine to for Christmas is a recovering alcoholic. FML
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Top comments
Jaxx66 21
Seems like you shouldn't be calling him for a while! Sorry OP, keep up the good work though!
itsbreyo 5
I don't understand why people vote for "you deserve it" on posts like these. Great job OP ;)
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cidman420 5
wow
ErocX85 0
That's something I'd say... My kind of sense of humor
QueenMichael 16
To be fair, bars ARE very good places to celebrate things. I'm a teetotaller and even I think so.
Ninetales247 2
Your brother is a retard.
illoveyouu435 0
It's only an FML if OP actually accepted the invite.
L33ch 4
So order a Coke. Have some juice. Or even water. It's not like every drink available in a bar contains alcohol. And the most important part about quitting anything is being able to say "no" in the face of temptation. Quitting by avoiding all contact isn't how it works.
AmbrosiaWriter 17
Before you can say "no" in the face of temptation, you need to be able to say "no" when your body and brain is telling you "Oh god we really need a drink right now!" and have your body/brain stop sending you those demands in the first place. If you get both "Oh god we really need a drink right now" and "Look at this beautiful display of hard liquor and beer on tap!" it's nearly impossible to resist. I'm going to say that the OP is not yet completely past the stage where his brain and body are telling him he needs to drink, based on that this was an FML to him. If he doesn't think he can resist drinking if he were to go to a bar, it's better for him to AVOID the temptation rather than go there, end up failing, drinking, and being all the way back to square one.
perdix 31
Don't brag to your brother about the milestones you hit in conquering your sex addiction. Just a suggestion.
RipSchitz 0
If he's buying, what's the problem??
screwhim622 0
My mother is an NA and she has to say 'no' even to her doctor when he recommends meds for her legs which was shattered in a car accident. Just say no that simple if my mom can do it so can you! :)
Sir_drink_alot 20
So you enjoy drinking, have a drink once in awhile. If you spend your life avoiding something you like then that thing still controls your life. AA is useless anyway