I begin my journey of sobriety tomorrow, having been flirting with the idea of a Dry July. I haven’t had a drink today but I am concerned that when the sun sets I will try to get in one last whiskey, a last hurrah. I will not punish myself if I do, but I will be disappointed. Is it weird to want to say “goodbye” to alcohol?
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Not at all! It becomes your everything....your best friend, your lover, your comfort, your place to hide. My sponsor had me write a goodbye letter to alcohol. It was so freeing! I can't even describe how I felt when I read it to her and we burned it! Something I would definitely recommend 
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Thank you, that was beautifully said and I love the ceremony of the goodbye letter. I’ll try that out 
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I didn't know Dry July was a thing until today. That's awesome. But to answer your question- it's not weird to tell alcohol to kick rocks.
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For me, it took a bit of a grieving process to acknowledge the fact that the one thing I thought always got me through, could no longer be a part of my life. I tied a lot of good memories and times of enjoyment to drinking my favorite drinks… little snapshots of happy times in my life. I genuinely loved the taste of my favorite drinks too. But once I fully fell into my addiction, it became a whole different world of pain, sickness, and self destruction. I lost all control and wrecked my life I had. It will always be that way for me now. I long to go back to when this wasn’t the case, but that isn’t reality. I have to honor the truth about me and alcohol now…it’s not what it used to be. It’s far more dangerous.
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It's so powerful!! I hope you do! I felt like it gave me a better foundation for my sobriety!
Aa 1986 .this is not a joke.if you are like me .one is never enough.meetings 90 meetings in 90 days.make friends.It will not go a way.
Best of luck on your journey