I'm sure that my beast isn't done yet.
It is soooooo done,
it just doesn't know it yet. But
you know it,
you made a big plan. A Big Plan, even. You have decided that you are calling the shots this time. No Matter What.
For me, looking back, it was the fear beforehand that was hard. At the moment, at any moment during that time in question, it really wasn't hard at all. I knew I could stay sober for a moment, anyone can do that, right?
It was then that I started to learn about just focusing on the now, instead of working myself into a fully lathered panic beforehand about something that never really happened. I got the confidence thing going and adjusted my BP to say I will never now drink, and that was pretty easy from then on out.
Each time you succeed like this, it will become easier, you are building up your sober muscle!