A year sober today, was hard but I made it, alcohol is a tricky substance and wherever I go its always there staring at me. Was just in Japan and Hong Kong and the damn mini-bars in my hotel room were stocked. I was somehow able to make it through that without a drink, probably because my sister and I were sharing a room and if I drank she would've smacked me and told my parents, who would have crucified me upside down. Note my sister and I had separate beds, don't think weird things. Being surrounded by good people made all the difference for me to be successful in remaining sober. I will say that prior to getting clean this time I was completely function, going to school, making the grade, going to all my therapy appointments, cleaning my apartment, always driving sober, etc... but I did drink at night after I finished all my homework, Well my roommate told the therapy program that I was in about my drinking ( fucker smoked pot all the time) and I was shipped of to a glamorous rehab and my spirit was broken, ever since I've had no confidence, can barely get out of bed in the morning, it's tiresome to take care of my dog (I do it anyways), i escaped that evil rehab and moved home with my parents where I've been able to stay sober. I think my life was better drinking at night, gave me something to look forward to, and I never really had more than 8 drinks over 6 hours, oh well, it is what it is, I'm sober and somewhat proud of it despite wanting to return to drinking in a controlled manner, thus is life, I'll be fine, best of luck to everyone trying to stay sober or control their drinking