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Been an outstanding functioning alcoholic the past year.  I go to work every day and function reasonably well.  No car accidents and no DUI's.Birthdays, Christmas, wedding anniversaries, Fourth of...

Sorry to say but I have been drinking again for the last six months.I am committed to daily journal entries and a commitment to stay sober from this day on.The goal is to stay sober for the next...

This is day one again.I left this web site thinking I was permanently sober.  I stayed sober for 8 months then when I was on vacation in April of this year out of the country, I told myself that I...

It is now 34 days and counting or actually not counting.  I just realized it has been 34 full days since I started this journey.   I guess you would say the journey with no end.I feel very good...

Not to kid myself, but this is getting easier as the days pass.  I just returned from a weekend at the Maryland shore with my wife and two friends.  Everyone had drinks at the shore and I...

My wife is out of town Monday and coming back on Thursday.  The days she traveled for her job was always a time when I would drink heavy at home and on the way home from work.  After the kids went...

Made it through the urges the other night.  I did say some prayers the following morning thanking God for getting me through.  A couple friends wrote to gie advise and to check in which is the...

It is 7PM on Day 15 getting ready to drive to my mother's house to visit.  Having very strong urges to stop at a liquor store on the way over.My tape is saying "it's OK if you do it just once".I...

The tape is getting quieter and quieter.  I am starting to lose weight.  I am going to the gym pretty much every morning.I have not had an urge to drink for several days now.I successfully made it...

Made it through two challenges over the Labor Day weekend.   Sunday and Monday had friends over for dinner and drinks during the holiday.  All the drinkers were social drinkers and I successfully...

On Day 8 I visited my mother sober.  What a diffence it was having a nice conversation with her that night and the following morning not hung over.  It was the best visit I have had with her in...

I try to spend Friday evenings at my mother's house and spend the night as her house is closer than mine to work and I go into work most Satudays.My usual routine the past several months was to pick...

This has been a great experience.  Keepng a log is definately a help.Finding friends for encouragement has been a great help.I hope all my friends that are going through this with me are successful...

Coming out of the fog of drinking every night I sense a lack of direction and goals in my life.  The alcohol masked the fact that I was functioning but not moving forward in my life.I feel a real...

Coming up on one week.  I am pleased.