I’m starting again. Since my last post over three years ago, I slid back into a bumpy full-blown addiction. I did fine up through about this time of year in 2014, but then went on an extended trip to a place I’ve never gone without drinking. After almost a month there, I was back to the old every-day drinking pattern. Most nights, my partner and I would drink a bottle of red and a bottle of white at home, which seemed like a safe pattern, but too often recently that has devolved into 3- or 4-bottle nights, which pretty much ensure that I’m completely worthless the next day.
I don’t want to lose her. And I want my brain back.