Two years in and still dry!
A lot of water(and tea) has passed under the bridge so to speak. It's been hard. Especially the first six months where I had about 6 pints of beer in that time. From then on though I decided total abstinence had to be the way for me.
Suicidal tendencies appeared in the July of 2010 but antidepressants saved me. I don't seem to have the knife edge anxiety that tormented me now and I am convinced it's due to my brain being alcohol free. Never mind the liver, I'm convinced alcohol was screwing my brain up to the point where killing myself seemed the natural thing to do.
I notice in my first post I said that I didn't know if I would ever give up the booze completely. Well, I do now. Where ever my life takes me in the future, it won't involve alcohol. But I also know that I'll never be cured and I need the constant inspiration of people like you guys out there and indeed well known ex-drinkers to whom I can look to.