John, Good for you. You're giving yourself a chance at having a life. I've done both inpatient and outpatient rehab (a few times actually).

I've always found the rehab experience to be useful, in terms of having a safe space and support to build up a base of sober time, as well as learning about the disease and coping strategies for living life without alcohol. I've had multiple relapses over the years, but I've been sober more than I've been drunk since 07, which was after 20 years of hard drinking, and I'm currently just under 7 months sober again & am hopeful this time it will be permanent. I couldn't have done it without my rehab.

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