In my first attempt at sobriety, at around the 7 month stage, when I had thoughts of drinking I would answer them to myself with “just make it to the year”
The thing is, I said that to myself so much that when the first bad day came along after a year sober, I no longer had that mental defence and I drank. So began the slow slide and the worst 2.5 years of my life, especially the last 6 months.
Im nearly 2 years sober, and I don’t think like that now. I just don’t drink and it’s not a struggle. I don’t think about the time. Seems to work better for me that way