Originally Posted by
notsosober77 
Has anyone else felt this way?
I feel like I want sobriety to be something ordinary.
Maybe I won't ever drink again this time and if I don't, I just want it to happen.
I don't want to count the days since I quit
I want to forget that I ever thought it was a good idea to drink.
I don't want to even have to make an effort to quit
I just want to have an aversion to alcohol, an understanding that it is poison and it hurts to drink it and of course I won't do that again.
I broke your message down into several individual statements, I think re-reading them that way might give some insight into your line of thinking.
Many of us wanted many of those things you list. But looking back for me personally, it was simply my addiction talking. Of course it would want me to seek an "easy" way out...because there isn't one -and in turn it was easy to just give in and keep drinking.
Getting sober is not easy. It requires work, time and it is not comfortable - especially at first. But it's more than worth it in the long term. Being around others who are actively working on sobriety and succeeding is key - whether that's as part of a structured program like AA/Smart/LifeRing or self paced methods like AVRT, SR, etc.