Originally Posted by
ReadyAndAble 
I think that's the right way to be looking at it. Eyes ahead, not looking back. My first couple weeks were much rougher because I didn't yet have the tools to identify AV, and as a result I wasted a lot of time "mourning" my drinking life. I mean, wtf?
That is exactly how I feel two days in - I am in mourning because I am trying to "break up" with a very good friend of mine - alcohol. I love alcohol, it's comforted me way more than anybody else has; it makes me feel good about myself; I feel like I'm losing a limb. BUT I know that will pass and I will start doing all those things on my own, with my own willpower and strength. I do think there is a mourning process, not so much on your drinking life, but on the alcohol itself.