06/02/2026
I was able to stay sober for two years on my own. No alcohol. No program. No real work on myself.
What I didn’t realize was that while I had removed the drink, I hadn’t addressed the thinking behind it.
The resentment, fear, selfishness, self-pity, and need to escape were still there. Eventually, my mind convinced me that one drink would be okay.
It wasn’t.
Looking back, I didn’t relapse when I picked up the drink. I relapsed long before that in my thinking.
Today, I know my main problem centers in my mind, not in the bottle. That’s why I work on my recovery one day at a time.
