Originally Posted by
saoutchik 
Zab I think when I first quit I entertained thoughts that maybe after say three months I might feel like I would have reset the the clock and could maybe have the occasional drink like a normal person but pretty soon reading posts on SR disabled me of that notion. Now after 4+ months sober I am painfully aware that I cannot drink "normal"
This is exactly what I needed to read right now. I went a month without a beer and then decided I was going to be a normal drinker. Now two weeks into "normal drinking" the only thing normal is how much I am drinking as compared to before.