Thanks Dk
I will check out that LR site.
I think that having struggled for so long, you'd think I'd have gotten it right by now.
Anyway, so far so good on my current program. It's interesting that as sober time accumulates, what I need to do to stay off the sauce never changes, don't drink, even though I am still trying different methods. A simple yet complex problem.
I doubt there's going to be any one particular moment where I'll say, I've done it. I no longer have a drinking problem. All I can do is reinforce the not drinking idea as much as I can as time goes by. I've noticed many, many benefits of sobriety already, and I continue to realize new ones each day.
Lately, at least I'm not obsessing constantly over it. When I first become sober, all I can think of all day is "Wow. I'm not hungover, I feel great, If I keep this up I'll keep getting better". I'm able to just function on a day to day basis without thinking about booze. Normalcy. Pink cloud. Stages of change.
Keep well, all.
Mongo