Welcome NewDay! These folks helped me enormously to get through the days (minutes at first).
Similar story here and nearly 30 years of drinking with a few lengthy interludes of sobriety. I finally realized this stuff had woven itself into every corner of my life and health, and I had to completely turn my back on alcohol. It's not for me...I can't touch it even a little bit. No weening, no thinking about drinking, nothing.
I can't be like "normal casual" drinkers (and I wonder about some who claim to be). I used to joke "Oh, I just drink for the effect haha.". That was more true than I realized at the time(s).
Welcome aboard, you are among friends who have all been through this. You can do it!
...because that's what it is!
