New to alcohol recovery
Hi
I'm 45. Have been drinking in excess for about 15 years. It progressively went from weekends only to a daily routine. Able to be a functional alcoholic, meaning able to go to work. Mostly rum or beer.
Around 1 year ago one friend of mine told me that my face was looking red and I was sober at that time. I realized that alcohol was causing struggles in my face. Decided to quit but was very hard and came back to beer only and instead of daily I switched for weekends and or every 3 days. My face is still red and The longest I have been able to go sober is 2 weeks.
I think now that I'm committed to totally quit. Making a list of triggers that make me to drink my first beer and avoiding them. 1 week so far.
I now that just 1 beer and will loose control and end up with 6 or more and drunk.
I want to join this forum to listen to you all with more experience staying sober.
I can give some of my commitment list that i did to recognize triggers in a later post
Thank you all !!!