Rayna, I think we all get those thoughts every once in awhile, "One drink won't hurt", but then we realize, that one drink will turn into 10 drinks and those 10 drinks will turn into drinking until we can't see straight.

Allan, you're so right. It's all about learning and sharing to help another fellow addict. I'm so grateful that God has given me the emotions of guilt and shame. When I was in active addiction, I had neither really. Did whatever I could to get and keep my high with no guilt or shame of what I was doing. Now God has given me those two emotions so that when I DO think about using or actually use, I'll feel too guilty to continue doing it.