Originally Posted by
SoberinSyracuse 
And some of us don't. The key to not drinking again...is not drinking again. As long as I never touch it again, it has no power over me. I wish every problem in life were that simple.
BTW, I get a fair amount of negative messaging, prophesying (or maybe hoping?) for my relapse here, but I make my own destiny, and I choose permanent sobriety and freedom. And this I can do, through Christ who strengthens me.
I've been on SR for a while, SIS, and I can assure you that nobody here hopes that someone else will relapse. People just share where they went wrong or where they struggled because they don't want others to make the same mistake. Many have been where you are multiple times...I learned from my first failed attempt about 3 years ago that I wanted to seriously consider *everyone's* feedback, even people whose approach and personality is clearly different from my own. I think doing this has made all the difference for me this time around.
Delfin