10 days sober. Feeling good going into the weekend but have a cousins wedding tomorrow. My family is full of drinkers. Have a bit of anxiety about this. Does anyone have any good tips/advice? Right now my motivation is if I ever feel like I need a drink, I just think about how shitty the hangover is going to be and how it basically just ruins a full day for me.
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Congrats on Day 10.
Personally, if you're this new to sobriety I don't recommend you attend. If you must go- you are not obligated to stay at the reception the entire time.
It’s my cousins wedding. This is not a choice.
Bring a sober friend who will support you!!! It's so much easier when you have someone on your side!!!
I've been in that situation before. Have a soda or non alcoholic drink in your hands. If you feel the urge, go outside or somewhere else and call a sober friend. You are not obligated to stay the whole time.
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Go to wedding. Skip reception. Sobriety is more important. Be selfish.
If I had known on day 5 that I had a built in excuse to drink on day 10, mentally I would have been planning to drink. I’d have been lying to everyone else about how great I was doing while actually I would have been counting down the minutes to that first shot.
Alcohol is cunning, baffling and powerful. On day 10 I would not have trusted myself in that setting.