Hi Marty, It gets easier as time goes on. The trick for me was to become immune to temptation and treat alcohol with the contempt that any hydrocarbon deserves. It's just a chemical that I choose not to drink - hey, a bit like bleach, diesel oil or fruit tea. The subconscous only hears positive things so if you say 'I must not drink alcohol' over and over again - unfortunately only the last two words get processed.
I've just posted my story for you all to have a laugh at - it's a few days earlier than the one year, but I'm a rebel. LOL! actually I loose the broadband for three weeks as I move house and BT has to find an engineer with a screwdriver.
You won't loose faith Marty.
Deg.
Dan - Wow! the only other person on the planet who's read vol de nuit.