Originally Posted by
Notch8 
If its a marathon, is there a finish line? Does the struggle ever end?
Absolutely! You couldn't pay me enough to put alcohol in my body and risk going back to that place. Many/most of us have to get to work on unraveling negative thought patterns but the struggle to stay clean goes away. It took me about 6 months sober to get there. I still had the recovery road ahead of me then and plenty of uncomfortableness but I wasn't fighting the urge to use anymore.