Originally Posted by
escapist 
I have'nt had an attack of stir crazy yet. I am trying to master routine living now. I am still in the ,"Wow, I am sober" stage. Things like driving anywhere I want to go at anytime without being drunk is still a breath taking thrill for me.
I can identify with every post in this thread.
Yes, the driving thing. About a month ago my old car died as I was going about 60 MPH down the freeway. I was able to get over to the side of the road without incident, but my car was absolutely dead.
Within a minute a cop came out of nowhere and pulled up behind me.
It was dark outside, and those lights almost sent me into a panic. But guess what? I was sober, my license was not suspended, my registration tags were current, and I had insurance (he didn't ask to see any of those things, but if he had, it was all good). I had nothing to worry about. The cop called me a tow truck and that was it.
If this had happened last summer, there would have been a good chance I'd be drunk, with no insurance and possibly a suspended license.
So yeah man, I appreciate the little things sobriety gives me.