Here I am...almost 11 months
 

Just checking in. Haven't been here in awhile. Next month it will be a year. I've been doing well for the most part. I feel more normal being a non drinker. I still think of alcohol almost daily, especially when I'm stressed. I've thought about starting again. Thinking maybe it can be different now. Maybe I'll just drink at home so I won't drink and drive. Maybe I'll just drink on special occasions. It's funny after this much time has passed that I still have those thoughts. Of course, the temptation isn't as strong as before. But it's still there. Just a lot easier to say no. I keep saying I can drink again once I figure out what the hell went wrong. I'm not sure I'll ever figure that out. And that's okay. I feel good about who i am and I am proud to be sober. It took a lot of work to get to this point. Drinking again would mean throwing it all away and I'm not going to do that.

At about a year sober I ready this book after finding this sticky under the Alcoholism forum. The physiology of why I can't drink normally resolved a lot of questions in my mind.

http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...influence.html


Well done on 11 months !!

Well done on 11 months :You_Rock_

Nice job on 11 months. No physical need to drink left in you for sure.

It is all mental. We both are addicts. The crave will always lurk. It is in our emotional brain.

The analytical is how we defeat the crave.

Consider...drinking is pointless.

The 100s of negatives....up to an including death by suicide....

.....Outweigh the......1...........arguable positive....minutes of drunkenness....unless you drink non stop...but you have to stop at somepoint....

Stay sober and content.

Enjoy your life sober. It is how we were designed to live.

11 months is GREAT!
Awesome post :)

Congratulations and thank you for your honesty

Congratulations that's a nice amount of time sober.

Don't let yourself talk yourself into something silly. Keep an eye on the one in the mirror.

Mountainman

Congratulations Secret chord x

Great news.

Stick around SR for a little while...and squash those thoughts of alcohol. Year milestones are often tough. People often think they have it beat. Don't be a statistic.

Congrats on 11 months sober! :) Keep going, the cravings will diminish with time. :hug:

You are doing brilliant , so happy for you .

Great job. 11 months is amazing.

Congrats on your progress. our sobriety dates aren't very far apart and it's amazing to me how many questions I still have and how many answers are yet to come for them.
I'm right there with you. I'm too proud now of what I've done to even imagine going backwards. And I know the work it took to get to this point.
Let's push on! We ARE doing this and we CAN continue to!

Thanks for the check in and post..... Journey On!

Really glad to read your update secret chord - congrats! :)

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Congratulations on the sobriety time!

Fantastic Secretchord!! :You_Rock_