Welcome back Citrus. I think you could do well to consider the off the table thing too.
sometimes a plan need not be more complicated than a short sharp mental no immediately when you get the opportunity to take a drink?
Be I can still suffer from anxiety and racing mind - I had to remember I suffered from those things long before I had my first drink.
Things started to get less fraught around 3 months for me tho.
I credit not drinking and working on my recovery for me being the least anxious that I have ever been in my life now, and the racing brain I put to good use in places like SR and elsewhere.
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