Hi Whodey..
You use the term trajectory in your post which I can really relate to. I am starting to understand what 'progressive' means.
I started to visit this site several weeks ago and know that I have to stop. For me it is day 1. I don't know what this means in terms of drinking in the future. I really don't care at this point. I simply want to make it 1 month without have alcohol.
If you a like me, you have to much to lose by letting alcohol get in the way.
For me, there is almost like 2 separate people. the guy in the mornign who rationally knows that alcohol is not the solution ect., then there is the 5 o'clock me who really wants that drink. I can do without the 5 o'clock me, and the guilt the next morning.
Hang in the whodey.