Originally Posted by
Roadr440 
Welcome to SR,
I can relate to your story, I woke up this morning thinking back almost 1 year ago today what my life use to be like. It was as soon as I got up on a Saturday or Sunday it was go out to my garage and sneak a couple beers before my wife got up just to get started and to take the shakes away from the night before, i to was a long time drinker, then it was off to the pub with my friends for a full day of drinking, thank God I'm not that same person. And i was just like you years ago it was happy hour after work on Fridays then it was drinking every night until it got way out of hand.
Wow... I could have wrote that!
Amazing how you meet so many here with similar stories!
Atime4change, Like others have said. This is a great place to find support. Many of us share the same experiences and there is strength and help in sharing them.