Love Affair with Alcohol

I’ve been married for 20 years, so I am not one to give advice on dating.

What I can tell you is that even as a married gal, I want to be seen as an attractive person.

My fun, flirty, party girl persona is something I started in high school, along with drinking.

I wanted the fun part to continue when I got sober.

I thought drinking and fun went together, but I was wrong.

I want to be the kind of person men want to be with and women want to be like.

I have many other mentors in my life that are these kind of people.

They are attractive and magnetic.

They have a positive vibe that draws you into their orbit.

We are pulled toward celebrities with this quality.

Chrissy Teigen, amiright?

As a young girl navigating first crushes and kisses, alcohol was my magic elixir.

It gave me the liquid courage needed to stand at a party filled with intimidating upperclassmen.

It eased the shakes of teenage self consciousness.

Alcohol gave me the nerve to talk to boys!

It gave me a fuzzy fog to push away my own feelings of irritation, when the the boys didn’t meet…