Hey DK,
Remember me?
I was just reading one of your threads from 2005 where you had a couple of beers at a party. Good read..
I am a former 12 stepper that managed to go 10 years without drinking. 9 of those years were without AA. I had zero cravings for a drink and that is the place I would like to get back to. I did a lot of hard core counseling during those years with a pretty special man that was not only a brilliant counselor but a real father figure. Sadly, I have lost touch with him.
Back to the main point, I do not want to live under the pressure of being an alchi and telling myself that I have an incurable disease and if I drink again I will die. From my own experience I know that there is an easier way. If I make a choice to have a drink then I make a bad choice but it is not the end of the world. My biggest challenge is to do what you did and pick myself up the next day, dust off, and start over.