No More DRINKS!!!

It all started in the summer of 2007 after I crossed for AKA, I took my first drink of wine with my ex boyfriend. For the longest I refused any drink of any kind because I was proud that I did not do those things. I finally gave in and thought, “What was the harm of drinking wine?” Everyone told me that wine is a classy drink for classy people. So, I did. Well, of course I loved the way it made me feel. I would sip it as the cliché goes. But sipping was not enough for me I began to drink a bottle at a time to keep that feeling going. By the fall of 2007 I was drinking wine like it was Kool aid. Then I thought, “Hmmm, wine is cool so maybe I should try vodka and juice mixed together.” Long story short I became a “Social Drinker” that drank all the time. I would drink with my Sorority sisters, I would drink with my ex, I would drink by myself just because. Drinking was so cool to me because I blended in like everyone else. The parties were so much more fun when I had a couple of drinks.
I added the pictures to let you see how dumb I looked when
I would drink..SMH, nothing cute about it!!!
After I graduated in 2008 it became worse. I was living with my parents and I would sneak drinks in the basement. I would go out and party with my friends on the weekend and of course we drank. To me drinking made the party so much fun. When I start my first job right out of college I would attend Happy Hour with my co-workers and drink. I thought I was such a grown up then. I did a lot of stupid things when I would drink, I would say a lot of stupid things when I would drink then when it was the end of the night I would sit and cry because I was lonely and drunk. I made a horrible mistakes when I drank and to keep me from thinking about it I would drink some more. Drinking was a harsh reality to me. Even though it temporary made me feel good it caused a lot of damage to me. Finally last year, around February (2011), I stop drinking because I started a diet that would not allow me to drink. I put up with the sacrifice because I really wanted to lose weight. At the beginning I only temporary stopped but by the end of the diet I was pretty sure that I did not want to take another drink again. While I was on the diet the Lord was dealing with my heart and I began to seek the Lord for understand of being a real Christian. The Lord kept me through it all and I have not drank since last February (2011). I no longer wish to partake of that behavior because I have a permanent solution to my problems… and it is JESUS!!! The Lord did it for me and he can do the same for you if you just open up your heart to him. (Thank you JESUS for saving me!!!)

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  1. UnknownFebruary 10, 2012 at 8:05 AM

    I've tried wine & it tastes horrible. I took a sip of champagne at one of my cousin's wedding and it was horrible! One yr, for thanksgiving my cousin's were drinking some hard liquor and asked me to fill up for him. I felt weird doing it 'cuz I was saved it was weird to even pour it out. Anywho, I did. I dipped my finger in to see what they were drinking and my God! I don't kwhy ppl drink. It doesn't taste good at all! I could understand if it tasted good but it doesn't. I guess to get away from what's going on in the individual's life & as you said, the feeling of being relaxed. Idk.

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  2. Simply VirtuousFebruary 17, 2012 at 1:56 PM

    I thought it tasted horrible too... I got passed it, smh... But thank God for his mercy and grace that saves!!!

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