I also feel that I cannot remove alcohol from the world,
I think you can, at least for those initial months?
I wasn't a hermit - I went to movies, coffee dates, walks, museums - but I stayed away from events where I knew alcohol would be.
I wasn't running away - I was safeguarding my recovery.
I made a lot of tough choices but I knew I had to put clear distance between who I had been and who I wanted to become.
when I did eventually 're-enter society' it was when I knew that nothing or noone could sway me. I intended to stay sober... and I have
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