I've had a shocking first aid incident to deal with at work on Thursday, came home to open the post to find someone I was involved in a car accident with 3 years ago is trying to claim 250k off my insurance for a bruised leg and losing their sense of smell 🧐, and found out my mum has Cancer.
I dealt with the first aid, phoned the solicitor to be reassured that the ambulance chasers don't have much chance, and talked with my mum through the next steps in her treatment (it looks like it's been caught incredibly early, go to your checkups ladies)
Went in to work today and got screamed at out of the blue by a member of staff who has some mental health issues and appears not to be very well at the minute, dealt with that too, with kindness.
I'm telling you this because if any of this had happened before July, when I decided I had to stop drinking, I would have drowned my sorrows with a bottle or maybe two of wine on Thursday, felt awful on Friday and would probably have reacted really badly today at work when my colleague lost their rag.
Instead I just got on with everything and sorted out what I could. I'm still upset with all of it, but I'm not a complete mess, which I think I would have been if I was still downing between 4 and 6 bottles of wine a week.
I'm getting ready to enjoy my weekend with my husband and kids feeling quietly chuffed. X
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Jemmy360 · 15/11/2019 19:42
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