Originally Posted by
Lunetta 
Even though I continued to drink many years after, I feel like I was a stronger person after going through that hell and it helped me grow. It will be over before you know it I hope!
Thanks for sharing about that, it really describes me. Mine wasn't so long ago, so I'm still dealing with little after shocks and the financial consequences. Like you, I wasn't done just because I had that big call to attention. Today, I know way more than I ever wanted to about how that works, and what it costs, and I do believe it helped me. Even having that stupid BAIID in the car informed me of things I really was totally clueless about, for instance, (duh) if you drink a lot the night before, you will only be less drunk in the morning, not sober.
I don't know how I made it so far chronologically while being oblivious to such basic facts.