Starting my sober journey over after a terrifying experience last week. It was a wake up call for sure.
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My wake up call was , I was out for dinner , of course drinking, in the morning I couldn’t remember how or if I paid the bill, did I leave my belongings there ie purse , credit card , jacket ? Every thing was a complete blank . It scared me that I was doing this to my mind . That WAS IT 7 months ago
I was on a 3 days bender, hadnt slept, so gone i couldn't figure out what I was doing and by day 4 I literally thought I was going to die. My son and gf were with me and I was terrified they would come into my room and find me dead
Welcome back. I hope you've had enough pain. If you haven't the pain is waiting, and ot is clse, very close. At least my pain is.
I had to learn in couldn't do life the way I was doing it, my way. I had to learn about and implement a design for living that works if I work it. When I was confronted with what I would do to stay sober. I said "Anything."
So I did "anything " because I did anything and everything to be drunk. It didn't matter what time it was, if I was driving, if my kids were with me, if I had money, what the weather was like, if O had a hangover, did I have to go back to work to a meeting, and the hits kept going on. I was told if I put in the same effort in a recovery PROGRAM as I did to drink, I had a pretty good shot at getting and staying sober.
So I did what the people before me did, because Ai want what they have, and a few 25 hours later, time builds time. 16 years of it.
I hope you will try something different after realizing the old way doesn't work.
It was just a bump in the road. You came back stronger! 
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