Just happened upon this on a website and it really touched me.
 

Something happened a couple of days ago.. i was in the shop in the alcohol aisle and i was debating whether to have 'one last' ( yeah right) drunken evening when i pictured a tiny little me, me as i used to be before the drink took over, she was trapped inside me, she'd been laughing and paddling in the sea then she looked up and saw me as i am now, saw me loitering in the shop wanting to buy alcohol and i knew that with every drink she would shrink further and further away , would get smaller and smaller , until one day she would disappear and i would never be able to get her back, i would have killed her.

Skye, glad you avoided a trap. Keep going.

Thanks Feelingreat but I didn't write it, just found it online and it got to me :) Appreciate the thought though - thanks Xx

I memorized the Serenity Prayer I learned
as useful tool when thoughts of alcohol
would seep into my brain. When I went
grocery shopping and have to pass the
"poison" isle, I would say my prayer
over and over and over again till
the temptation or urge would pass me.

A silent, strong, calmness would come over
me giving me courage to continue on with
my task at hand.

STRENGTH.......COURAGE......to do whatever
I needed to do to not pick up a drink each
day and kill myself.

A program of recovery that was taught
to me and I learned has kept me sober
for a many one day at a time to get me
where I am today.

HAPPY JOYOUS FREE HONEST HEALTHY

That's a good way to put it. :)