The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober Journal by Catherine Gray

Author:Catherine Gray [Gray, Catherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781912023417
Amazon: B07KP9VXLJ
Publisher: Aster
Published: 2018-12-27T00:00:00+00:00

RANDOM ACQUAINTANCES

What about when waiters at weddings, acquaintances at parties or supermarket liqueur-pushers try to give you a glass, assuming you must of course be a drinker? My golden rule here is: as few words as possible. You don’t need to explain.

In early recovery, I felt self-conscious ordering a tonic water in a bar. But I finally reached the ‘and what’ unapologetic stage. The first time I smoothly said, ‘Oh, no thanks, I don’t drink’ without feeling a hint of embarrassment or half-whispering, was on a plane when an air stewardess offered me red or white. A year into sobriety. For the first time, it felt like no biggie. It just rolled off my tongue. Lots of people heard me say it. I didn’t care. I wasn’t hangdog about it. Why would I be? I’d turned a corner.

Now, I’ll deliver the ‘I don’t drink’ line with a half-smile, without offering an explanation. I’m proud. Not scared of their opinion of what I choose to put in my body. Technically, it’s no different to being vegetarian, or gluten intolerant, or not drinking fruit juice. That wouldn’t upset other people, so why should people be upset by my not drinking?

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