I didn’t realise how long it had been, but it suddenly leapt into my mind this morning, that I am currently on a bit of a dry spell.
This is not to say I haven’t had a drink at all; ……… a single Kahlua and Coke 3 months ago, a mouthful of hubby’s beer 6 months ago, a taste of someones wine last xmas……Â but it feels like decades since I have attended a party or event, and drank solidly for the entire night.
My family are BIG drinkers …. very big drinkers. But along with that, is a regrettable tendency to develop addictions.  This of course didn’t stop me in my youth. Beer (which I don’t actually like all that much), scotch (not a good option, makes me a very nasty datty), red wine, CSC’s, and Kahlua.   All have featured very heavily, at one time or another.   But that niggle at the back of my mind was there also ….. would this be the drink that tips me over, would this be the drink that tells me I can’t live without having it every day?
And then I developed the allergy (or should I say it got worse). Iodine …… present in vodka, used as a preservative in wine, the main flavouring ingredient in tonic water.  With the exception of beer (which I loathe) it pretty much rules out every alcohol on the market.   And so we come to my long dry spell.
All in all, its not been too hard. Tony is not a drinker, so opportunity hasn’t been there to really tie on the wobbly boots. At times my sister (and usual partner in crime) has been pregnant or in baby care mode …… so I tend to stay sober with her. Of course the allergy has put the brakes on many other opportunities. And really, when the choice is a comfortable night in bed or drinking the night away …… as I get older, bed is more and more inviting.
So like that other long abandoned vice …. cigarettes, I really don’t miss alcohol all that much. It makes it awkward though, when someone gives you a bottle of wine for xmas.
