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This is a bit of a divergent from my other posts, but this time last year I was working on the website and deciding who I was going to be as The Prairie Wino and I have been reflecting on this past year, so bear with me as I ramble about my reflections.<\/p>\n
A bit of history, alcohol had a profound impact on my life, especially my teenage years.\u00a0\u00a0I have an alcoholic parent and saw the two-sides of a man I loved; the caring, fun loving guy who poorly attempted to do my hair as a child, who shook me into my tights, who sacrificed his favourite sandwiches to give to us, even though we hated them (pork fat and mustard anyone??) and who spent hours coaching us baseball and building props for our skating carnivals.\u00a0\u00a0Then I saw the emotionally immature, alcoholic dad who couldn\u2019t handle his emotions so said things to us that no dad should ever say to his children, showed up drunk and embarrassed us, or just didn\u2019t show up at all, but then blamed us for not having a relationship he wanted with us.<\/p>\n
Even though I experimented with alcohol and definitely have drank too much on many occasions, I have been very careful about my alcohol consumption.\u00a0\u00a0I had rules; don\u2019t drink alone, only consume alcohol 1 day (max 2) a week (unless on vacation) and don\u2019t drink to deal with stress or emotions.\u00a0\u00a0Now the \u201cdon\u2019t drink to deal with emotions\u201d has been the hardest to keep over the years, and I do keep a bottle of Grey Goose in my freezer that usually curbs that need after 2 oz over ice.\u00a0\u00a0But every time I pour myself a glass of wine, I ask myself, do I really want this?\u00a0\u00a0Do I think I\u00a0need<\/em>\u00a0this?\u00a0\u00a0Could I go without?<\/p>\nI fell in love with wine years ago, the taste of course, but the whole process from wine to glass and my love for wine has deepened as I learned more and more.\u00a0\u00a0But I have always had this internal struggle about loving something that in my adolescent mind thinks is bad for me and can be life ruining.\u00a0\u00a0In fact, I was in a course a few years back that was to help entrepreneurs with envisioning their dream, and one of the activities was to write a list of everything that your company would bring to the world.\u00a0\u00a0I started to write down what I thought my wine business would bring and all the words were negative; dependence, pain, sadness, betrayal.\u00a0\u00a0The list went on, and I was ugly crying in the class.\u00a0\u00a0It came out of nowhere, I was not prepared for this break down, I didn\u2019t see it coming and there was nothing I could do to stop it.\u00a0\u00a0Tears fell down my face for the rest of the class.\u00a0\u00a0The instructor was great and helped me through it and we came up as a group all the good things it can bring; fun, community, laughter, etc. and then he just let me cry it out quietly.\u00a0\u00a0I left my wine business idea in that class notebook and continued with my regular life.<\/p>\n
Then 2020 hit, I lost my contract job because of COVID and I thought, this must be a gift for me to start working on my wine business plan.\u00a0\u00a0I started out with a fervor\u2026got my website up, my blog started, and an Instagram feed filled with wines I had tried and my office walls covered in business visions and products.\u00a0\u00a0I let go of some of my rules like drinking alone\u2026because hey, it was COVID we were in lock down if I wanted wine to talk about, I needed to drink it alone.\u00a0\u00a0I drank more days in a week, but less on each day.\u00a0\u00a0I felt good about my consumption.\u00a0\u00a0I was enjoying my wine and honoring my internal limits, even if they were shifting.\u00a0\u00a0I was winning this relationship with wine.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
But as the months went on, I felt the pressure to keep up my feed and my progress on my business plan stalled.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0You know my 74 followers were going to be really let down if I didn\u2019t post at a consistent frequency (insert sarcastic laugh here).\u00a0\u00a0It started to feel like a chore, in fact it was this pressure that inspired this internal rambling.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0I hadn\u2019t been drinking the next grape on my list.\u00a0\u00a0In fact, I hadn\u2019t even decided what grape it was.\u00a0\u00a0What was I going to do, more panic than required occurred.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Yesterday, I had an important realization while I was painting (one of my many procrastination chores).\u00a0\u00a0I don\u2019t care.\u00a0\u00a0I don\u2019t care if I let my feed lapse, if I break out of my rhythm of my blog or if I never start my wine business (although I still want to, when I feel the time is right and I am emotionally ready).\u00a0\u00a0I do this for me, and for my love of wine.\u00a0\u00a0I love talking about wine just as much as I love to drink it.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0I don\u2019t want to drink wine because I feel like I \u201chave to\u201d so I have content.\u00a0\u00a0It breaks my internal rules with alcohol that have served me for so many years.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0I don\u2019t need to pressure myself to do or be something I am not or put my healthy relationship with wine at risk.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
So, I am not going to.\u00a0\u00a0I am going to write what I am inspired to write about, drink what I want to drink and if no one reads it, likes my posts or follows me, that is ok.\u00a0\u00a0I am just a simple prairie girl who loves to talk about wine to anyone who will listen.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Thanks for \u201clistening\u201d (special shout out to my 74 followers).<\/p>\n
~TPW<\/p>\n
P.S.\u00a0\u00a0Do you worry about an unhealthy relationship with wine?\u00a0\u00a0Do you have internal rules to follow when it comes to wine consumption?\u00a0\u00a0Please comment below or DM in Instagram if you want to talk about it.<\/p>\n
P.P.S Yes, I want to help anyone who wants to find their inner wino, find it, but I always want that relationship with wine to add to your life and bring all the goodness (fun, laughter, togetherness) that wine can bring and none of the bad.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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