By Falling off the wagon - 09/11/2013 13:20 - United Kingdom - Brighton

Today, my uncle gave me a very expensive bottle of champagne at a celebratory family event. We were celebrating me spending 1 year sober. FML
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ViRepz 28

Well it can serve as a great reminder to keep going with your sobriety.

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AlwayzCelly 13

If you've been sober that long I'm sure you can stay strong and resist it. Did your uncle even know what the celebration was for though? That's pretty inconsiderate.

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BoltTheSuperdog 22

I suppose the OP could give it to someone. After all, it's the thought that counts?

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Ins0mau 20

Yeah. It is. And it's pretty thoughtless.

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SpacemanX 8

You could give it to someone after you've stored it away for awhile. That would be a great future gift. Also if it's difficult keeping you could try storing it somewhere you'll never see it or have someone keep it at their cellar for you.

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simsgirlgem 25

apparently every family has a dick cause my Uncle Chuck would do that

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sickerthanyou 13

it's a trick, they give you something really expensive you can't use or I this case, drink, and since you can't drink it, you are force to give it back to them and they still get all the credit of an expensive gift.

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ebrainer1 9

If you don't drink it to get drunk, it's still being sober. A symbolic glass as a gesture of thanks would be okay. You've demonstrated that you have the discipline to abstain from alcohol for a year, and a sip of champagne won't change that.

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Axel5238 29

Alcoholic's can't have 1 glass or 1 drink. That would be putting OP's sobriety at risk for relapse. They would want more. How is this being missed by so many people?

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amisenho 11

For those people who don't understand what alcoholism means, imagine someone who is a year sober from heroin deciding to take an anniversary hit "for old times' sake". Do you get it now?

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misswallflower 8

My dad just celebrated one year if being sober about a week or two ago. Congratulations OP, stay strong.

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