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No Alcohol

What?

I don’t need alcohol when I can read your writing in real time.

How do you even know that I’ve pressed publish? Are you just constantly refreshing the page or something?!

Yeah I have a lot of tabs open and I just get an intuitive feeling that maybe you wrote some more and then I refresh and yes you did..

(LOL)… well… what does that have to do with alcohol?

Well — I haven’t been drinking. I swear, that’s the Truth.But I’ve observed myself feeling tempted. I’ve been wanting to reach for it… when I don’t get to read your writing in real time… my mind is… insecure… and then I am tempted to reach for a drink to try to pacify those insecurities.

But you haven’t done that yet, you’re just observing yourself feeling those feelings…?

Yeah. I have a fight with myself and I’ve been winning every time but it’s tough. There’s been some very tough fights

I can understand… sort of…

When I read your writing in real time… I feel assured… you’re just at home, writing… thinking about me, thinking about us…

Yeah. Literally.  That’s all that I’m doing, LOL….

So then, my insecurities subside…

Uhuh…

You’re feeling sleepy?

It’s 2:00 am here, my love…

Oh… okay, okay, go back to sleep…

Congrats on not drinking 👏

Thank you…

😘💋❤️🥰