"Sober 8 years. Just spend the Thanksgiving week-end with a boyhood friend who is newly sober."
Great example of how our program works! Right back to the good old, tried but extraordinarily true fact of "one drunk helping another." Therein lies the magic for millions of us.
And for those of you who have found sobriety in other ways, I salute you and wish you all well. This shouldn't be a competition. There isn't a BEST way to be sober. The act of being and staying sober is what matters.
Friend of Bill's
DOS: 9/10/70
I'm assuming that DOS is date of sobriety?
First let me give congratulations to all of you who are overcomming this addiction. I have great respect for you all.
A couple of questions for everyone. Since you've been sober so long do you still attend meetings and how often? I know that there is a genetic component to alcoholism (Which fortunately I don't have - college would have killed me) but does the desire to drink fade with time? That is, I know that you know that you cannot drink, but does it get easier to not drink as time goes on?
How long did it take you from your first meeting to getting sober? Are relapses common in the beginning?
My maternal grandfather was alcoholic but I was too young at the time to understand what was going on. Just trying to educate myself (and perhaps gain a little insight on how to help/support others I may run into)
Thanks!