Originally Posted by
Dee74 
I think a lot of us want to think that a little time off from booze with reset us and we'll be normal drinkers. leaving aside the fact that a lot of us were never normal drinkers in the first place....please don't confuse abstinence with control. Life is good because we have stopped drinking and removed alcohol from out lives, not because we suddenly learn control. I have 8 years and I know that if I drink again I'll have no more control than I had on my last drink in '07. D
Take it from me. Someone who had nine months sober time. I went back out there. Took three months to get back to committing to sobriety again. Not worth it. Don't be fooled like I was. Because that's exactly what it is. Trickery. At heart none of us want alcohol in our lives.