Hello everybody, my name is Tom and I am a recovering alcoholic. I have been sober for just over 6 months now but there are still a lot of “firsts” for me. This was the first Christmas that I was sober for in 7 years and the first time that my family has invited me over in 3 years. Soon it will be the first New Years that I will have to be sober for. I am agrateful that my family trusts me again enough to have invited me over for Christmas dinner, but it is still tough to fight the cravings. It also really aggravated me that not only did they hide the alcohol, but they went out of their way not to drink in front of me. I just wanted them to act normal I don’t want to be labeled the recovering alcoholic any more than I wanted to be labeled the alcoholic. I just want to be able to live, and work, and interact with people without everything being such a big deal. It pisses me off, it makes me self conscious and I just don’t like the feeling at all. Thanks for letting me share.
-Tom