Originally Posted by
JTBIV 
I've had a hard time staying sober just for myself. It never worked. I'm sober now and it's because of a girl. I know I'm not always going to be happy and she may not always be around. I guess I'm just hoping to hang on to how great I feel right now and never let it go. Like, getting sober for her but staying sober for me. I just wanted to know if anyone else got clean in a similar fashion.
One thing anyone has to do to stay sober is build a history of being sober. To live life sober. So you are building that part. Once you want to be sober for yourself, you will already know you can do do it and how to do it.