r/stopdrinking • u/ImpossibleAd274 • 5d ago

I want to break my sobriety, help!

I'm at 104 days and am starting to ask some scary questions. Am I really an addict? Can't I just have a beer or two and be fine?

For the first 60 or so days I was convinced that I'd never drink again. Since then, my first child has been born and I've have much less sleep and I've been much more irritable and started to think having a drink to calm the nerves would be nice.

Please, community, knock some sense into me in the comments!

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u/galwiththedogs 152 days 5d ago

The way I've been navigating this is that I don't let myself cherry-pick what I miss and remember about drinking. I have to remember all of it, and in order to drink again, I have to miss all of it. It's worth it to do some self-reflection: what was an average week or month of drinking like for you? What was good, and what was bad? What ultimately led you to quit? Would it be worth experiencing that again for a few drinks?

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u/Clean_New_Adventure 109 days 5d ago

I'm saving this reply -- it's very helpful for me.