Thursday, May 26, 2016

Day 2 again.

After my last entry about self loathing and hatred, I went to the gym to swim. On the way there, I ran over a dog who was off leash and ran into the street. The dog's owner was right there (why people would ever have their dogs off leash, especially right next to a kind of busy street is beyond me) and of course, I stopped. It was making these horrible sounds, but was alive and the man took him to the emergency vet.

I don't know if the dog lived or not, but it was so horrible. I feel so bad, even though I know it wasn't my fault.

My mind almost exploded and you got it, I came home, got my money, and went to the liquor store where I bought 6 nips of flavored vodka and drank them in less than an hour with diet pepsi along with 5 benadryl. I passed out about an hour later.

My partner left his keys at the office in the city and his car parked at a Subway station just outside of the city (he went to a game after work) and texted me 5 times because he needed me to come pick him up to give him a spare set of keys. 

Since I was passed out and my phone was downstairs, I never got the texts, so he had to go back into the city and get his keys and then didn't get home until 12:30 am. He was pissed. I don't blame him.

I know the dog thing was extreme stress, but life is stress. There will always be things like this. 

I managed to get through one of the most stressful things ever sober years ago (the doctors thought my daughter had cancer which would have been a terminal cancer). This happened when I was 4 months sober at the time and I was able to stay sober. Most likely because I knew I had to be there 100% for my child. 

I did take care of a few things yesterday I have been putting off. 



4 comments:

  1. I'm sorry about the dog. That must've been so hard! I feel awful if I run over a chipmunk! Next time, try sitting with the feelings you have and employ the RAIN principle. HaplessHomesteaders blog. Let yourself feel the feelings..no matter how difficult. The thing is...you are going to feel badly about the dog whether you drink of not. Drinking doesn't make it go away...it just lets you not think about it! And, eventually you have to! Maybe you could find out who owns the dog and call to see how the dog is? That might make you feel better!!! xo

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  2. I'm really sorry to read about the dog. That's tough. Just checking in to see how you're doing today. I really do hope you set this aside and start again with your plan to get sober. Setbacks aren't the end, they're just part of what happens along the say, even when they're truly awful. Sending good wishes xo

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