Originally Posted by AcceptingChange

Yesterday is gone. Let it go.
I didn't stop drinking the first time i tried. Sobriety is hard. It's easy to say "i'll never drink again", just like its easy to say "I'll run a marathon this summer". The feeling of committment is experienced at the time we make a new decision. And that is a warm, wonderful feeling. But it slips away after a day or two. The hard work comes after the feeling is gone, but we still have the work to do.
All of these lessons come from the challenging road of sobriety.

You're on the right path. It's OK to stumble. We'll help you back up. Many people helped me up.

"Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other. "