5 years. I go because I don't know where the edge of sobriety is. I'm of the opinion that alcoholism is a chronic disease. We never get over it we can only treat it. I never want to get so close to the edge that one step will cause me to think a drink sound's like a good idea. My 28 yr old daughter died of cancer last month. I took multiple steps toward the edge but I was far enough back that I did not take that final step into drinking.
I go to AA for myself and for others. I also go to AA to see what happens to people who do not work some active program of recovery. I am a slow learner and a fast forgetter. When I think I have this drinking stuff licked I am in deep do do