I sometimes have an echo in here with kiwi

Thanks Coopster. Yes, it's a personal thing, probably 50/50 even. For me, and I think for Icehouse too, it's a way to be accountable. I loved seeing the numbers tick, like a child looking in a gas station meter (but in reverse, I guess...) and report on them here.

But now it may well be I'm going to concentrate less on it, "move on" as it were. Do something with my new found freedom. Maybe just mention it yearly.

To come back to you, if it makes you feel in any way uncomfortable, don't count. Many don't, and still stay sober. There are no wrong or right ways, except for drinking or not. How you get there, what works best for you, you have to find out. Counting is probably not for you, so don't.