Jillian,
i find it confusing when a person says drinking didn't affect their sobriety. drinking is a breaking of ongoing sobriety.
the idea of a couple of drinks being a reminder why a person doesn't drink is easily an invitation to more of the same and illogical.
if that were so, what would stop us/you/me from having a few drinks here and there to remind ourselves not to drink? it would be a good thing to do, for the reminder value.
my experience is that only squarely looking at and accepting the facts and not allowing myself to rationalize any return to a drink or ten led me to ongoing sobriety.