Good for you Daria - remember everyone we're here all weekend for support
the weekender thread and the 24 hour thread are other sources of support too
https://www.soberrecovery.com/forums...-2019-a-3.html (‘Staying Sober this weekend together’-Weekender Thread 12 - 15 April 2019) https://www.soberrecovery.com/forums...-439-a-4.html\ (24 Hour Recovery Connections Part 439)
If you want a lot of support quickly, you can start your own thread anytime too
Rich - someone once said to me its not how often we drink it how much as what happens to us when we do (or when we don't).
when I wasn't drinking i was obsessing about it, when I was drinking I was thinking of only how to get more wasted.
My withdrawals were never terribly physical either - they wee mostly mental - anxiety, depression, paranoia anger, shame - and even tho it was 'just beer' I still drank enough to nearly kill me.
We come in all shapes and sizes here but I think the basic problem is a common one.
No amount of time reset me. My pre SR record was 2 months sober - I decided to take 'a night off' and drink - didn't stop til 2 and a half years later - 2 and a half years of daily all day drinking.
Please everyone:
do not confuse abstinence for control - they are not the same thing.
Its a terrible cycle we're in - the only way to break it is to not drink.
D