Originally Posted by
GoodLife32 
The problem for me will be staying off the booze long term, after I start feeling better, and my brain convincing me that I can drink again. Do you know what I mean?
Absolutely. What helps me is to keep visiting SR on a regular basis, so I don’t forget what will happen if I take another drink. Of course that will take a lot of discipline; it’ll be easy to do this for a few weeks, but you’ll be tempted to stop doing it because you’ll think you have it under control. Read up on the disease as much as you can, until it REALLY has sunk in that this is a do or die situation for you. I recommend ‘51 things you should know about recovery’ as a starting point, mostly because your issue won’t be stopping, but staying sober. Good luck and stay close!