Hi all. Dreaded insomnia bad tonight (one of the reasons I started drinking too much in the first place) so here I am on the sofa while everyone else sleeps. I’d been doing okay then was triggered and had a 4 day bender. It got so bad I was hiding alcohol in my neighbour’s hedge as I knew family were searching for it in the house - it was that bad. I was ‘out a walk’ to retrieve it but a couple walking their dog was in the area. I was hanging about until they went away and then grabbed it when I thought they were out of sight. I know I looked suspicious as they kept turning round and looking at me.
Anyway, I was out walking a few days later - totally sober and on day 2 of being AF when I noticed a sticker stuck to the lamppost at the exact spot I used to identify where the booze was hidden in the hedge. Someone had handwritten on it “to whom it may concern, don’t let the bad days win’.
I’m convinced it was aimed at me and one of the couple stuck it there. It’s not in a place /area where you’d expect this sort of thing. It’s really touched me - that someone went out of their way to encourage me and showed such empathy.
I’ve taken a photo off it and it’s become a bit of a mantra. Hoping I will finally rid myself of this awful habit- posting in the Hope this will also inspire others who are struggling.