Hey Caribbean - great to hear from you. I think you're so right when you said that it's the times when our guard is down - I'd call them the ho-hum days. Those are the days, when in the past when I have relapsed that I said, 'I can handle having a couple beers now and then' and six months later, I'm drinking everyday - even going so far as to have a can in the car for immediately after work - and drinking wine and harder stuff so get the buzz on faster before slowing down to 'just' drinking beer. Wow... run-on sentence there!! How do I know it's real this time?? I know one day at a time. I don't think about tomorrow or what-if down the road. I know today, I'm not drinking.
Swan - Sounds like you're getting yourself pretty settled in the new year - working out and all that. Wonderful!
Ok... nuff said for me. Have an excellent day all!