I'm 7 days sober here, I've been going to online SMART meetings and doing some of the exercises there and they have helped tremendously. I've actually been going for a month, have slipped up but still trying so at 7 days continuous abstinence but more like 25 for 30 for the month which is a new record for me.

I had a pretty good manic uptick after I quit which seems to point to me self medicating. I wasn't taking my meds properly but after a few days back on the cravings are much easier to resist. I lost a good job to alcohol and if I can get my self together I'm told I can have it back. The last month for me though, it's been some of the best days in a long time. I like to think that one day I'll be capable of having a healthy relationship with alcohol but by that time I won't even care to.