Given a bottle of wine LOL and they know I don't drink

We've had a temporary managing director for the last 6 weeks and today was his last day. As a parting gift he gave everyone a bottle of really nice wine (we're a small office.) My alcoholic brain immediately started thinking that if I went off my antabuse I could really enjoy it on the weekend, so I'm going to give it to my landlords as soon as I get home, because I don't trust myself to have it in the house.

But on a weird note, he said "I hear you don't drink" to me, and I said nope I don't. I've never said that I don't drink at the office -we've just had the one company dinner where I was the only person not drinking, guess I was wrong that nobody noticed Either that or my boss has recognized the AA symbol on a pair of really discrete earings that I sometimes wear - she hasn't said anything to me about it, but she's the only person who could have told him I don't drink. Sort of a weird feeling of being 1/2 out but not really.

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good for you, get rid of it. It is SO hard when its around us, we can make up just about any old excuse eh?

Yeah and there I was on my way home with it on the seat beside me, and I'm thinking - it's only a 750 ml bottle of wine, that's barely enougb to get drunk on LOL it wouldn't hurt to relax Sun. night. Man my brain is twisted. But the bottle is now safely in the hands of my landlady.

Different horses and all.........

I'm out about booze and I and don't really care who knows that I no longer drink...it'sa real component of my survival mechanisim.

I do understand discretion being the better part and all.

I was on a long flight from Germany to JFK yesterday and after meal service the airlines offers congac or Bailey's. The German guy next to me whom I had at that point said nary a word ordered congac. That air steward passed that crap right underneath my nose and DAYUM did that smell GOOD!

I looked at the dude and said "You better drink that stuff really quickly because even the smell of it is making me crazy!"

He didn't know what to say. He stared at me and drank it down in a few large sips.

I suppose he figured out what the deal was without any further explination, but I think that sort of policy is somehwat lame, but hey I have the issue and I'm going to do what I have to to get through it come hell or high water.

AH! Where I live, I get picked on all the time for being sober. My boss called in today sick - yeah, sick drunk. LOL

Just pass the wine on.

Sometimes when people pick on me about going to AA, I invite them. Then they ask me "Do you think I have a problem?" and I reply, "Do you think you do?"

Yeah,

Take it with a grain of salt. Keep on Truckin'!

Good for you for getting rid of it split! Too bad the gift could not have been something useful...like a pound of coffee or something. LOLs enough to get a good meeting going.

Congratulations on doing the right thing and getting rid of the bottle. Great job!!!

Wish more folks knew about gift cards.