Paddler

Yes... Three weeks was the longest stretch I could put together for this 8 month journey. I always found a reason to fail.

I was able to moderate some. Put together several days on several different occasions. I always talked myself into thinking "you're getting a handle on it buddy; have a beer!"

And every single time I ended up right back where I was. Hungover, day drinking, and so disappointed in myself. I have a very close friend who is a physician. They put it best when they said "If you don't stop drinking as much as you do on a regular basis - you will die much earlier than if you just put it down. You may not die at 35, 40, even 45... but you sure as hell won't live to see much of your 70's..."

I had never really thought about it like that. I hope my 70 year old self thanks me in the future... and I hope I discover all the wonderful things folks finding success in abstinence promise.

New day. New journey...