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what I expected

22 days in alcohol free, which is 3 weekends and 12 basketball games. so there is that, but what i am most shocked about is the expectations i had on this journey and how off i was! let me preface this with I always have the most ginormous expectations, with anything.   with people, with events, heck any darn day of the week, I have ridiculous expectations. here are just a few that have me shocked thus far on this journey. expectation #1: relaxing, I mean what can be more relaxing then being sober and not having the stress of drinking and mom shame?   i had thought being sober would be the answer to that question!   being sober is NOT relaxing me, not one bit.   there was just something about getting that first drink in me after a game or anything that had me stressed out or had caused me anxiety.   right about when the first glass was empty and moving through my blood stream and the second one was on the way did I start to ‘unw...