Hello Freshstart. No alcohol in the house, just one beer in the fridge usually leads to days of getting hammered. I live alone though so that is completely in my control. I think I'll leave the doc out of it for now, my doc has known about my alcohol issues for many years and I don't think there is much she can do. It's up to me to kill the beast!
An unusual thing happened earlier, out of the blue my neighbour offered me a bottle of Bacardi. She knows I'm on and off the sauce and was only trying be nice. I flat out refused it. A first small victory that no doubt would have been a lot harder to refuse if it was offered after being sober for 3 or 4 days when I'm not so pig sick of the stuff.
Thanks for the encouragement and support. It's good to connect with the recovery community again. I intend to hang around here as much as I can. Cheers.