Hi Chi-town

Welcome to the community .

Well done on deciding to stop drinking - that is the first and hardest step.

One thing that might happen in the early days is you will slip up and start drinking again (that surely happened to me and I beat myself up because of it). Please don't do that.

My clinical psychologist offered me some wise thoughts about this "Please be gentle with yourself. Remember that it was a lapse, not a relapse. You are doing well - keep going.".

I hope that those words will help you.

Keep us posted - nobody will judge you and all will offer you support and encouragement.