eddie73

Well im giving sobriety another go. I did well last year but fell to a very aggressive temptation to drink in january having being 7 months sober. Im not beating myself up at all but i am acknowledging the danger of thinking I have control of drink, which I have none at all.

Snarf

Welcome back, eddie! Hope it works for you this time, but 7 months is great work. You did it before; you can do it again. How were you able to stay sober the first time? Did you use any type of program?

You said, "[I] am acknowledging the danger of thinking I have control of drink, which I have none at all." That's pretty much the first of the 12 steps: We admitted we were powerless over alcohol." I had trouble with that one for a long time. The second half of the first step - "that our lives had become unmanageable" - I believe was easier for me to grasp. Anyone who looked at my life (including my fiancee, who not only looked at but lived with it) could see it was unmanageable. I just thought I was a crazy person or something because I could admit that I had no power over alcohol.

Many blessings on you this time around!

Dee74

I wondered how you were. Eddie.
I'm sorry you decided to drink again, but I'm glad you made it back here.

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Charmie

hello eddie,im sure glad to see you back.
i am powerless over alcohol too,and my life is unmanagable because i cant drink/cant not drink.not because of loss of jobs or debts etc.
but things are good today,i have a new power and a new life,given to me by following the 12 steps of AA.i hope you are willing to give this a go eddie.
charmie.

least

Welcome back! I'm glad you decided to give it another shot.

eddie73

Many thanks for your kind comments and real support. It does mean more than just printed text on a forum!

Just poured the last drop of booze down the sink and am off to the bottle bank.

NEOMARXIST

Good to 'see' you again Eddie.