He's Back on The Wagon

I'm sure I'll be posting this many times this year but my man jumped back on the wagon with me last night. It was good for me but it was a close call. He was discussing pouring himself a cocktail but then American Idol started and he fell asleep in the chair and the cocktail idea fell by the wayside along with his sleep. After not drinking last night, tonight will probably be easier for him to not drink again. That is how it usually works for him.

I talked to him about our communication differences when we are not both drinking and he noticed them, as well. We are very close and he didn't like that we were not in synce so that is something that we will be working on this year. I know that he is going to be drinking some but not as much as before and I am going to have to be patient during those times. It's not as if he is drunk. It's just that there are some subtle differences in his perceptions of events, people, and things that I have to chalk up to the cocktails and ignore it.

We had a good night last night. Chinese food with my mother-in-law and then we went to her house to watch American Idol. She and my father-in-law did that religously when he was alive and we didn't want her to be alone when the season started. We will probably watch it with her a lot this year. She is doing much better and that is good for both my husband and I, which takes away one more reason to drink.

I told another one of my friends about my experiment and she was not as supportive. I was told that it was too agressive and I that should set smaller goals that were more achievable. I couldn't really argue with her because I have never tried this before and I don't know if it is achievable or not. But, I believe I'm more like the hubs....once I get started, it's a habit and I'm doing it every night. If I break the habit, I'm okay...I think...we'll see.

Cheers for today!!!