Originally Posted by Doug39

For me, it is a matter of getting into a new routine. I didn't start drinking on a daily basis until I was 25. Before that I didn't really drink; maybe two dozen times total as a teenager and in my early 20's.

I started hitting the bars when I was 25 and loved it. I started going every night. After 6 or 7 years of that I got married and started drinking at home everyday. That was my routine - to drink everyday for the last 27 years.

Today I am 33 days sober because I have started a new routine of sobriety. I have no fear that I will forget myself and have a drink. This is my life now and alcohol is not a part of it.