Originally Posted by AnvilheadII

then met friends for lunch and of course messed up all the way until sunday night wow, that's a seriously LONG lunch! sober isn't something that just happens to us one day, it's an ongoing activity. each day, every day. the better PLAN we have for our sobriety, the more SUCCESS we will have. you use the same approach as if you were planning for a week camping in the woods. you will need food, shelter, clothing, comfortable shoes/boots, etc etc etc......the list goes on. for this recovery journey you wil need certain tools, certain equipment, you will need to assure you have safe shelter (alcohol free zone), safe food and drink (where you eat, what you eat, what you drink), and security in your surroundings (who you hang with). just like we avoid the poison ivy patch, we avoid people places and things that relate to alcohol. we don't TEST our sobriety, we PROTECT it. we treat it as the gift it is, precious and all too easily lost.