Waking up to the sobering reality that booze is the problem not the solution. Drink-drive limit should be cut by almost half, fire brigade says. This came from The Daily Telegraph. In March and followed a statement from the fire brigade saying that reducing the drink-drive limit would save hundreds of lives a year. Under the proposals, which mirror reforms in Scotland in December. A lower limit would save 170 lives a.

Writing my way out of drinking. Lessons in clarity and grace. During our first two days in Stockholm, I met a lot of new people. I have not had to do this for a long time. I showed my husband this today. He said that my trip .

I wrote this introduction and started this blog in September of 2009. 8220; This blog is the tale of a drunk.

Still tired but not a zombie anymore. I am so tired of thinking about drinking and not drinking. So I try not to think about it. Happy to be back to blogging. Missed it so much! September 5, 2016.

For just over 11 months. That was quite a while back. I was also a bit upset when .

I have a full time, successful, fulfilling career; I have three sons, aged 18, 14 and 11 and two beautiful border collies. I have drunk for almost all of my adult life; through triumphs, tragedies, success and failure; when I have been happy and relaxed, and when I have been stressed. Wine has been my constant companion. Gaslighting or gas-lighting is a form of manipulation through persistent denial, misdirec.

The only way out is through. 8230;excited to start listening to these! .

Still here, still sober. Halfway through month eleven now. I am meant to fix this stuff.

What my lapses and relapses have tought me. This is a post for myself to refer back to if I EVER feel like drinking again. If this helps anyone else that is awesome too. A lapse is one night of drinking followed by getting back on the horse the next day.