Last time I had a beer was Sept. of 1986,
14 years ago. I'm far from dry , though!
I got me one of them Norinco 70 round drums,
full up.
My friend, Stanly, was told in 1994
that he had to stop drinking or he would
incur irreversable liver damage so we put him
on a unigue approach to recovery which was
most sucessfull.
Every time he felt an urge to go to the watering hole, instead, he went to the gun shop and blew his entire wallet on the new toy of his choice.
This had three effects:
First, It kept him broke and unable to buy booze.
Second,
when he really needed money for an emergency,
he had an awesome gun collection to sell to raise some cash.
Third, it kept him sober & dry and and saved
his life, or at least, his liver. (same difference).
Its been 6 years now and he has more guns in
his collection that I do in my gun shop inventory!
Oh yea, and his health is great, he even got a job driving tractor trailer trucks and his
employers do blood tests on their drivers
so I know he no longer drinks.
For ten years , Stanley was a famous drunk,
but he did a complete turn around; kinda unbelievable , but true! And 6 years more
sober than most judges.