Originally Posted by
doggonecarl 
Looking back at your post, it seems the relapse was precipitated by using cocaine....then drinking. And you are asking how to stay sober?
Stay clean. Was staying away from drugs part of your recovery plan? Had you separated alcohol use from drug use? I know I did. I came to SR seeking recovery for my alcoholism. I hadn't used in years. But when I relapsed, it was on drugs, which I thought wasn't a problem that I would encounter. But I found, once an addict, always an addict.
Clean and sober. Attain it and sustain it.
This couldnt be more accurate.
The drug use is all it took for my judgement to slip and take that damn first drink.. after that all control was lost. Lesson learnt. I'll always be a complete teetotaler to all substances because wuthout my judgement its inevitable that i'll go back down the rabbithole.
Thanks again SR peeps.
I love you guys x