good quote, thanks doggonecarl... yes the pain of detox and initial recovery is forgotten too easily. perhaps for a good reason, but it also leaves us with a fall sense of security.... this time might be different. eh. one drink who cares?
(well, we know better than that. but after a long time of sobriety it's so hard to connect to my alcoholic nature. that person is so far gone i can't fathom that i would ever put myself thought such misery. yet the opposite is always true).