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Old 04-16-2012, 12:10 PM
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PaleMale
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Truth is a bitter candy...

It's great you've decided to quit before it was super-obvious. Hopefully, you're in time to avoid a lot of what folks who go down the road longer have to suffer through before they realize their predicament.

My anonymity is maintained around my family and business collegues. They just think I quit drinking like I quit smoking. My wife on the other hand, took the brunt of my drinking and verbal abuse. i was a middle-late stage drunk, and found myself perfectly described in "Under the Influence". The next stages for me, which were far closer than I yet realize, would have been divorce, irreversible professional decline, illness, and perhaps suicide.

The temptation to drink, for me, comes rarely and briefly. A good friend of mine is nt so lucky and had to move away to a recovery community. He waited much longer, but is still safely in recovery.

Being alone in recovery is really hard but it sounds like your on the right path. Congrats!
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