Originally Posted by
Zebra1275 
It sounds like this is a great time to stop drinking.
What I mean by that is that you haven't lost anything "big" yet. Like your marriage, your job, your health, access to your kids, freedom from incarceration . . .
The things that you may have lost, like your self respect, and the trust of your wife can be regained over time. At least that was my experience.
Thanks Zebra... however I am embarrassed to say that I have lost a couple jobs over my career due to stupid things I have done when drunk. When I’m sober I am an honest upstanding citizen. But when drunk, a switch turns and I am capable about anything. Nothing violent, but more so driving, lieing, cheating, and doing basically anything I feel like at the time....
Today is 7 days sober, and I’m starting to feel better after last weekends bender.. I need to keep building on this, and to live by the phrase “ I can not drink safely “