First you tell me I have to stop drinking. Then you tell me I have to suffer through withdrawal symptoms that are worse than my worst nightmare -- and for an indefinite period of time. And THEN you tell me I have to work at being sober every single day until I don't have to work at it every single day anymore?!
Thanks, but no thanks.
Sadly, the story too often ends this way. Until the next time. Or never again.
Everyone who's achieved long-term sobriety has felt what you've described at some time or another. Everyone.