If you were able to quit on your own, good for you! I couldn’t and joined a group that helped save my life. It’s a sneaky illness that never goes away.
I heard people say that alcoholism progresses even as we stay sober in my early days of sobriety. But I didn’t care about the future then, I just wanted to learn how to live a sober & productive life.
After a few years, a member that had been sober for 26 years started to drink again and we stopped seeing him. A few months later, we heard he passed away in a drunken stupor
After being sober a long time, I got a new job. I found out one of my coworkers was sober too. His name was Bob and he’d call me now & then asking me how I’ve stayed sober so long. He had done it on his own and stayed sober for around 10 years.
Around 5 years ago, I was told he started up his Harley in his garage and kept the door closed so he could leave this world and his kids behind
It’s not simply about quitting drinking and it’s a horrendous disease that tears people up