Hi and welcome Atkinsd91
I started much as you did = first as a sometimes drinker then a weekend drinker, then nightly...by the time I finished I was an all day eveyday drinker.
I believe alcoholism is progressive and I believe that progression is one way only - from bad to worse.
I have 20 years of trying to turn back the clock on my drinking habits as all the proof I need on that.
Forgive the pun but there's some sobering reading here.
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...lly-again.html
I think just about everyone here found the idea of quitting scary and everyone here wondered what joy a sober life could bring.
I love my life now and I love who I am. I could never say that as a drinker.
Trust me, no one would still be sober if they thought they lost out on the deal.
It all works out - it really does
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