Maybe you should value more the date that you decided and commited to sobriety, not the drug.
Well itād be equivalent to framing my abilify prescription as remembering when I last was hospitalizedā¦same idea. The day I took naltrexone is the day I stopped strugglingā¦itās not even about sobrietyā¦itās about my life being good. And sobriety didnāt ever bring me happinessā¦this miracle drug has though.
Alright, I get it. Glad it works so well on you!
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I vaguely remember someone telling this same story back when I was going to meetings, I donāt know if it was a speaker at a meeting or someone I knew. I think they ended up going back to the start as far as sobriety date too, but they always explained that they had had however many years and then the sip of wine and whatever sobriety time they managed after the sip.
Iām split on it myself, I know how disheartening a slip can be after youāve got some sobriety time, but then if a drink is a drink then a sip must be a sip?
In my perspective it has to do with the intention of the sip, in that moment I wanted to drink again. Feel normalcy, as normal for me was to be able to drink. Then the guilty conscience doesnāt allow me to be able to feel like Iāve been taking sobriety seriously enough.
Would u say Portugal has more pressure to drink than USA? Judging by the number of aa meetings you guys have Iād say yes. In the USA itās honorable to not drink.
I heard in Ireland youāre looked Down upon for going to aa
i deserve to drink i can handle it, i am drinking since i was 12 thats how i can handle it, i can control the amount i drink, low vols like beer but NEVER spirits or wines just enough alcohol for the buzz, beer can also add to sedation working along with tranquilzers for my well-being 
Yeah, people here drink a lot. You have no idea the kind of looks I get when I say I donāt drink. Itās a worse reaction then when I say I have sz.
Thatās craziness!!! IMO
Iām so proud of you, Minnii. You never shy away from the facts of the matter. I worry at times thst youāre too hard on yourself, but you know what you need to do to recover.
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Donāt worry minnii youāll outlive everyone!
I just know I was an alcoholic before I ever took a sip.
I need to be sober and people respect that
One is too many 1000 isnāt enough
Yeah because people here donāt associate sz with violence that much, maybe the more americanized do, but in general sz is associated with hearing voices or just plain going crazy on everybodies asses. Alcohol is so socially accepted and revered that those who donāt drink are percieved as odd and outcasted. Itās weird.
And mixing tranquilizers with alcoholā¦is the biggest issue for me probably
Thank you Rhuby 
I feel I have to take responsibility thatās all, no one will take it for me.
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sure a drug @turningthepage and beer add to my buzz
Yeah, for me itās binge drinking. I used to puke in order to continue to drink. Really, I reached rock bottom too many times. Sad.
Also it always leads me to the hallucinogens
Like I did shrooms 2 days before I got sober
And then was psychotic for days
Thereās so many issues with me drinking, letās just say my life improves in most ways without it
2016 and psychairy percribe drug for our behaviour so i add beer with their drug
Unfortunately for Pedro itās even more socially acceptable in his country than even yours to drink