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  I did it!  I made it through the holidays without drinking.  It has been 51 days now!  There have been many days that were difficult.  I will write more in detail about the days that were had and what made me trigger into wanting to drink and what I did to stop the craving.  Unfortunately, sometimes that was just white knuckling it. I am starting to feel better, and I do feel great in the mornings not worrying about what happened the night before and what I said or did.  I enjoy having all the memories!  Getting through the holidays was a little hard.  I had to plan.  I was very used to drinking to excess on Christmas eve at my brother in laws.  It had been that way for years.  I had to make a plan to be able to stick to it.  I took a bottle of AF champagne with me and a few AF drinks.  Once I was there and drinking the AF mimosa, I was fine.  I actually enjoyed myself.  I was present and there for all the...