Will posting and reading on these forums help me stay abstinent or will they just fuel my obsessive mind when it comes to alcohol? That's one concern I have...I genuinely want to help myself, not hurt myself.
only you can answer that Calvin, I think.
I think anytime we work on our ourselves and our addiction, we can face that problem, - we have to get past that. The alternative is to do nothing and that leads nowhere of course.
It's certainly helped me to be here, but I think it's more than posting - I really threw myself into listening to what other people were were saying, & I tried to help a few people besides....
If you find SR's not enough you'll certainly find advice on what to do and where to go next.
for me, I had to accept, and believe, that alcohol could never be a viable choice for me again.
Thats the only way I could stop the obsessional thoughts.
That took time and work - and I needed support. You'll find a lot of that here.
Welcome
D