Hi Jim,
I have had the privilege and honor of getting to know you personally this past year. You have been a great source of support to me while I have been dealing with my own struggles in sobriety and life in general.
I am so glad to have known you. I am also glad you posted. I have great hopes for you.
I believe you are right, that one of the biggest hurdles in alcoholism is to accept that one can never drink again. Although, if I thought like that when I first quit I think it would have made things very difficult. Instead, I tried to concentrate on that day, or that weekend. I have a tendency to freak out over things that haven't even happened, and one of the great things of sobriety is clarity to see through that.
Glad you posted Jim.
Your friend,
Lost3000.