Getting there, slowly, but getting there
So I made the decision that this year has to be my year to do this. When I've made a serious decision to quit I've racked up between 6 weeks and 3 months. I had planned to stop as of Jan 1, but relapsed in the middle of the month but now am coming up for 4 weeks. In fact of the 47 days of the year I've only drank 3 days, and I'm not beating myself up too much over them as 44 days out of 47 sober is good going even with the blip in the middle.
I'm distracting myself with books and getting on with projects. This Thursday will be the full four week mark and I need to get there. If I can make it to the end of February I'll have much more confidence. I just hope there isn't another blip- nothing brought on the blip, I just wanted to drink, no other reason. It's a bit annoying that it's meant I haven't been able to stay entirely sober this year so far, but if I can keep it to just those three days I'll be doing something positive.