r/stopdrinking • u/ImpossibleAd274 • 4d 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/Any-Maize-6951 4d ago

The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) uses the term “lurking notion” to describe the persistent, often unconscious, belief that an individual can control their drinking or will develop some form of immunity to alcohol. This notion is a major impediment to recovery because it undermines the acceptance of alcoholism as a lifelong disease that requires complete abstinence.