Originally Posted by
NoelleR 
"...Honestly I don't think I'll personally ever completely lose the desire to drink..." -----what a sad way to live.
I'm not sure I'll ever completely lose the desire to drink either, and that is hardly a "sad way to live." It just IS. We all have our crosses to bear. And there's a whole lotta space between "struggling not to drink from one minute to the next for the rest of my life" and "never completely losing the desire to drink." There is plenty of room in life for joy and happiness and fulfillment in life alongside the occasional desire to drink.
A "sad way to live" would be to continue down the drunk path of destruction.