[Tazman53]

Great share 353, great replies as well.

353 if you are like me then you have to see that you are progressing, you used the tools at hand when you saw that you needed them! There was a day in my not to distant past when I had no tools that I knew how to use, they were there all along, but I did not know how to use them.

As you did I do as well, I am progressing as long as I am practicing using the tools I have been taught to use.

I have been told there is a difference between an alcoholic (in AA) and a drunk (in AA). An alcoholic goes to meetings!!! A drunk (in AA) may pick up a drink before a meeting or after a meeting, but I have never heard of an alcoholic (in AA) picking up that first drink in a meeting.

Progress, not perfection!!! If one is progressing they will be actively working steps 10 thru 12, they will pick up the tool box they have and use it, if there is no progression..........................

As long as I am doing as you did I am progressing, I see that I am not perfect, that I am struggling and I take up my tool box and I take all actions needed to not drink, there was a day when I was stuck in a rut where the only answer to any uncomfortable situation was a drink, actively working steps 10 thru 12 keep me out of that rut.