Now you know you don't need a caretaker to make sure you are true to yourself. Congratulations, you are stronger today.

This reminds me of the Buddhist story about a teacher who gives 3 students a chicken each and tells them to go kill the chicken where no one can see. The first student goes out behind the barn, looks to see if anyone else is there and kills his chicken. The second one goes to the woods to a secluded place behind trees and kills the chicken. The third one brings it back to the teacher and says, I couldn't do it. Everywhere I went, the chicken could see.

Buddhism is the one religion I can believe in. When I walk down the street, I actually look down to make sure I don't step on ants. No one else would know I killed an ant. But I would.

a headache.

I know.

My life has significantly improved since then. I'll have an occasional sip of my wife's wine. but have haven't really had a drink since then.

Suddenly, I have money! Also, I quit fishing. Turns out that fishing, for me anyway, is very boring when I'm sober.

Congratulations and continued success!

1. You maintained your sobriety.

2. You demonstrated that your power is from within yourself.
Not outside. Like the previous poster stated.

In psychology, this is a very important concept, called internal locus of control. It signifies that a person is mature, advanced and high functioning.

I really like your solution.

I don't have any problems with drinking. It's just that alcoholism runs in my very Irish family. So I always watch myself. And turns out according to this recent study it can lead to happiness in old age.

"Watch your drinking. Alcohol abuse is strongly correlated with smoking in the Harvard study, but plenty of other research shows that even by itself, it is one of the most powerful predictors of winding up sad-sick. If you have any indication of problem drinking in your life, get help now. If you have drinking problems in your family, do not take your chances: Keep that switch turned off. Although forgoing alcohol can be difficult, you’ll never be sorry you made this decision."

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2022/02/happiness-age-investment/622818/

Here's hoping you have a long happy life.

And same here, sober since April 30, 2009. Just went to an unusual meeting tonight. My regular meeting wasn't being held, the chairman couldn't make it, so I went with a friend to the closest meeting to me. What made it unusual was that it wasn't held in a church basement or Sunday School room, but in an actual church itself since that was apparently the area that was heated. And the topic was appropriate, it was humor in sobriety.

Take care.

You're on your way to not even thinking of it other than in passing.

I drink a glass of wine a day and really enjoy it.

It always ended up a bottle or more. So yes, that's what I wanted to do.

Did you happen to notice the name of this forum?

Sorry about that.

psst...she would have known if you relapsed and I'm so happy you beat the craving.

I love them but I want to stay at 173 for the winter and when I eat them it takes a couple of days to get back down.

Bill W congratulates you for making a great choice.

27 years sober here, and no longer tempted. I know every day that I can't go back though.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

eom

I do what you did. ANYTHING, but drink. There's nothing out there for people like us, NOT A THING, that will be made better by taking a drink.

Congrats!

I've some ~35 years of sobriety. It becomes easier and the reward is in every day when you wake up.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Proud of you!!!

And you did what's helped me from the beginning, "move a muscle, change a thought." I learned to distract myself and that still works for me, even after more than 12 years.

resisting the urge to drink when you were alone is a major accomplishment.