I value my anonymity, as a result especially in my early days I rarely felt the need to tell people I’m an alcoholic.
In my initial sobriety I avoided or twisted awkward questions about why I wasn’t drinking.
“i’m driving”
“it’s a lifestyle choice”
“strict health regime”
These days I am much more comfortable with my alcoholism but still hesitate to shout it from the roof tops. Often though people question why I’m not drinking, if I don’t want to talk about it I’ll fob them off with the above answers, but sometimes it’s just easier to tell them I’m an alcoholic, which inevitably leads to more questions, my favourite being….
“how often did you get drunk”
to which my standard reply is….
“just the once, from 1980 to 1999” 😉
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