Originally Posted by
Extrochris 
for some reason, I just feel like I'm going to fail at staying clean. I hope that I am clean from this point on for the rest of my life. I need more dang confidence, but I'm steadily rolling in self-pity and thoughts of inevitable failure. Do you guys have any tricks for boosting confidence about staying sober??
Originally Posted by
Sapling I had to put the effort into it I put into supplying myself with alcohol for 35 years.
What Sapling said.
Also, what I would add is, don't EVEN worry about "for the rest of my life". Worry about today, JUST today. It's enough effort to wrap our minds around getting our heads to the pillow sober TONIGHT, let alone forever!
Stay in today. Stay in today. Be here now.
Oh, and find meetings while you're in...and read as much about AA as you possibly can. Don't worry about the God thing if it doesn't float your boat. Just know that you have a Higher Power and you are not it
