I always told myself that any sober time I could get was better than no sober time. I regularly put in 3-4 days sober time each week, because I knew the liver clears in 72 hours. So it was all going "just fine" other than Monday mornings being pure hell week after week...until I had the kind of bender I don't ever want to repeat in this lifetime. An unacceptable bender, one I couldn't make excuses for. It was the end for me. I knew it. there was a relief buried in my shame.
Remember that accidents are rampant with problem drinkers. Emotional accidents, physical accidents...traumatic accidents. For us and whoever gets in our path.
This thing here, it's life and death with us. Be careful.