jdooner

7 months was my turing point Raider. A month later I really started to understand and trust the faith I had built in my HP. This is when I began feeling a sense of peace and that I would never trade my sober life for anything. I was still pretty mixed up at 2 months in - its normal. I would be concerned if at 2 months you had everything figured out.

SnoozyQ

Ps ...greeneggsandham your picture made me chuckle . :-)))))) xx

MIRecovery

When I really believed that I was powerless over alcohol and that my life had become unmanageable was when I became a non drinker

Eddiebuckle

I'm sure it's different for everybody, but I think it definitely takes time and in my case I struggled at the one year point when I was to pick up my AA medallion. I think the reason was it felt like this milestone was truly closing the door on drinking and I wasn't 100% comfortable with that. I can say now that I do not feel like a drinker anymore - and probably haven't for at least two years (my sobriety date is 12/22/09).

But most importantly, don't obsess about your feelings - they simply are what they are. So long as you don't delude yourself into thinking that somehow it's safe to drink again, let time do it's thing.

TryingHarder

Thanks for this thread. I think I've always been afraid I could maybe stop drinking but would never reach a new happy normal. It's good to hear others experiences because stopping drinking is critical but I know its not the end of the work.