[Stephen]

Hi Everyone

I just wanted to update this thread. After starting this thread almost a year ago, I read Allen Carr's book on quitting alcohol after I saw it recommended on this site by another poster.
On 19th November 2006, I had my last drink. It was simple enough once I had reprogrammed my mind. I saw it something along the lines of

#1 Alcohol interefers in personal development.
#2 'Uninstall my alcohol bias' from my brain.
#3 'Install new software'
#4 Alcohol is no longer part of my life

Another way to look at it is to say I saw all from a different perspective.

So in a few weeks I will have been without alcohol for a year.
I have not cancelled any appointments or missed a days work or was worried about whether I was OTL when I drove in the morning. I have managed to read some fantastic books this past year like

Richard Dawkins - The God Delusion

Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Discourse on the Origin of Inequality

Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Reveries of the Solitary Walker

Henry David Thoreau - Civil Disobedience

Gandhi - Autobiography

Charles Dickens - A Tale of Two Cities

Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre

Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice

Clarissa - Samuel Richardson

War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy

How to be Rich - Felix Dennis

Why Vegan: The Ethics of Eating and the Need for Change - Kath Clements

Allan Pease - Questions Are the Answers: How to Get to Yes in Network Marketing

Mark & Rene Yarnell - Your First Year in Network Marketing

which I just know I would not have been able to if I was drinking alcohol.
I have earned by far more money this year in a long time also.

All of this just a coincidence?

I dont think so. I hope anyone who is considering living alcohol free gives it a go as it really makes a difference to your whole outlook on things in addition to giving you much more time and sobrierty to get things done!