Originally Posted by
keithj 
Instead, I try my best to live by certain principles, and the alcohol thing takes care of itself.
I love this and this is true for me. I have been sober 18 months ago today and today, I do not worry about ever drinking again. I focus on living my life right today. It works for me.
Saphie, have you taken the time to write out Step 1? That is, write down all the ways in which you see alcohol playing a part in your life being unmanageable. I thought that I had completed step 1. When I got sober, I was beaten. I knew I was powerless...today. BUT what amazed me is after I wrote my first step (28 pages, oy very) I got to see how alcohol had been playing a part in my life, most of my life. If you had asked me before I wrote that first step I would have told you that it became a problem in my 30's. Uh no. It was a problem from the first time I ever drank.