Is it possible for alc’oholics who have gotten sober to drink casually, without falling back to their old ways?

Haha.

I drank a after 25 years. Someone gave me a glass of wine for a toast instead of the grape juice I’d asked for. Still my choice. I’d forgotten how much of a hook alcohol had in me.

Yes I did drink casually successfully…for a little while. Then after an argument I bought a bottle of wine and it was off to the races.

Took me 18 months to stop.

I really don’t recommend this as an idea. I’ve done this experiment for you. It did not work for me and others too.

And it was scarey how difficult it was to get back to sobriety and for how long the cravings took to subside.

Summary:

After 25 years of sobriety, I made a choice that would change everything. It started innocently enough—one glass of wine at a toast. I thought I had it under control, but then, one day, after an argument, I reached for a bottle… (find out what happened next in the first comment 👇👇).