Hi.
Your intensions are good and helpful along with many suggestions made here. The problem is as time goes on most people feel things are going good so settle back thinking this nasty has past. We stop reading and posting, get involved in other more enjoyable things and forget the pains that got them here.
We must remember that our alcoholism is progressing even if we are not drinking and seeing that alcohol is powerful, cunning, baffling, insidious and is constantly there in the background ready to take over again in a heartbeat.
For long term recovery we need to work continually on changing the person we were when drinking. That is often our feelings of anger, anxiety, insecurity, isolation, denial and on and on.
This road to recovery is far more than just not drinking is can result in being comfortable in our own skin. Remember it’s long term.
BE WELL