Originally Posted by
dgillz 
...the 30 day challenge may well be quite applicable.
Yeah, dgillz, it might be. Then again, I'd hate to tell someone that if they can make it 30 days, they probably don't have a problem. I see lots of people who really do have a problem able to go a month. For instance, how many one month chips do you see handed out in AA? Then, how many of those folks make it to a year?
My personal experience is that I could go a month or two without a whole lot of difficulty for quite a long time. Not at the end of my drinking, but for a few years prior. It was almost exciting and pleasant to stay sober for a couple months. It justified that I didn't have a problem. The reality was, I had a big problem, and a month sober did not fully reveal that to me. But, I was pretty adept at rationalizing.
No argument with you. I'd just rather stick to the one year criteria from the BB. Or the controlled drinking I mentioned. Almost no real alcoholic can pull that off for a month.