Originally Posted by
warrens 
In a little over a month, it will be ten years since I've found it necessary to take a drink of alcohol or smoke a cigarette. I don't often think about my drinking these days. Seems so remote. Yet SR was fundamental in my FIRST attempt at recovery (~14 yrs ago, I think).
I like the way alcohol just fades into mild background noise, and then you just stop thinking about it. Think about the contrast between that and how it dominated your life at one time.