I rarely think about drinking anymore.

[bif]

I've been sober for almost 5 years. And I have to admit, up until a month or so ago, I still thought about drinking a lot. My wife & kids did an intervention on me and I went into rehab. But when my wife drank, I still had the attitude of "Sure, it's okay if you to drink but I can't." And I'd check the booze bottles to keep track of her. I sort of felt like she was controlling me.

But for nearly a month, I don't think about drinking at all. Now I feel two things: 1. It's a waste of time to think about it and it's just taking up room in my brain. 2. I've sort of developed this superiority attitude. As in: "You folks need to drink to have a good time. I'm no longer a slave to booze."

To all you folks in early recovery, hang in there! If I can do this, you can too!

[Walleye]

1. Good job, I quit almost 30 years ago

I got tired of the constant battle in my brain over drinking not drinking etc. so I just quit. I honestly don’t think about it now. I still think about smoking weed though and take some edibles sometime. Gave up smoking because my lungs are old.

[multigraincracker]

2. I'm of the school of

self medication cause of addiction.

Found out the real cause of my pain, worked on that and the rest was easy.

[bif]

6. I drank just because I enjoyed the feeling

Not to mask any tragedies in my life. But I had to drink every day.

[rurallib]

3. Great to be the one in control of your life, ain't it?

I quit about 30 years ago and it was so much easier not to have to work my alcohol fix into my daily routine.

[bif]

7. Sneaking booze into the house got tiring after a while.

Plus pounding down a couple of high octane beers before my wife got home.

[Karadeniz]

4. Yay for you !!!! Happy for you !!!

[Doc Sportello]

5. Congratulations!

I know it's doubly tough if someone in the house is drinking while you are trying not to. I was never an alcoholic but there were times where I drank too much. But I could always quit and did for months or a year at a time. I don't drink anymore these days mainly because science is finding more and more about how harmful it is, especially for us older folks. I don't really miss it and at the store walk right past the liquor aisle with nary a thought about stopping. Sounds like you're in the same place. Life can be great without alcohol.