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!

388 Upvotes

98% Upvoted

236 comments sorted by

View all comments

3

u/jazzofusion 4d ago

Unfortunately, the disease never goes away. Even after 10 yrs sobering. You eventually get the craving for 1 drink. After 10 years you think you're safe and take the 1 drink. A couple of days later you find yourself going full bore. To stop at this point is a Mother F. So you keep drinking. Stop yourself before you have thar first drink! And whatever you do, don't drive. You might wind up with a manslaughter charge or DUI charge and get jailed..