Originally Posted by
LexieCat 
My theory is that most alcoholics have moments of clarity now and then...".
Congratulations on 7 years. It's a major accomplishment.
Years ago, long before I quit drinking but when I knew it had become a problem, I was in a book store browsing the shelves. I passed an addiction and recovery shelf and picked a book up out of curiosity. In didn't read it very long before putting it back and moving on, but in one the things I read about the author mentioned "moments of clarity" that alcoholics experience. As I read I knew I'd had those moments before, but wasn't ready to act on them since I wasn't ready to quit. The concept always stuck with me, though.
It was during the last moment of clarity I found SR.