Glad your BBQ was good Cornchips, you did the right thing going home. Quite apart from the fact that when sober, drunk people are v boring (one to remember when your head tries to make you believe that you are a sparkling wit after a few which is as much of a lie as how fabulous you look in the mirror after four glasses lol) you took yourself out of harms way. Feels good the next day doesn't it?!
You're kind to say my posts have something to offer, I often feel they're very me me me - I usually post on my phone that struggles to cope with a large thread so moves slowly, my head races too fast for the technology so it's difficult to acknowledge people & I forget what I wanted to say 
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About looking fabulous & being a sparkling wit, my experience of sobriety is that those things are so much more true when alcohol is absent, someone said on here that sobriety delivers everything that alcohol falsely promises. So true. I have had way more fun sober than I ever did drunk.
I have a big family gathering in a few weeks with family who I haven't seen for several years since my mum died, when I was still drinking. Some of them have alcohol issues. I'm not especially concerned for myself on the day & I'm not really worried who may know that I've quit (I'm sure family gossip has done the rounds as I have told a select few). As far as I'm concerned I've nothing to be ashamed of because I'm working hard at it and making a difference. My family are on the whole intelligent mature people who wouldn't dream of encouraging someone to drink whatever their alcohol history was.
Where did the sunshine go?! Was going to walk the dog on the beach today. Oh well, might do it in the rain anyway, you never know who you might meet or what you may see & it's better than sitting at home all day 
See, I'd never have done that when drinking, I'd have sat indoors watching shite telly in a grotty mood like a gremlin with a dark cloud hanging over me.