I've got 4458 days clean & sober in AA.
I've had a ton of ups and downs in that time
(12 years and change) but I don't miss booze at all.
A month ago I got into a fight with a drunk who was pointing a gun at me, that night I really felt like having Jameson and Camel unfiltered, but I talked with some sober friends instead.
Eventually, God willing, you won't miss it and you'll enjoy things you didn't know you could before.
That's a lot of days sober. Good on 'ya.
I'm not missing alcohol. Really. I never thought I could quit or that quitting would be as painless as it has been. The other night I came home from work in a really bad mood. Just a few weeks ago I would have used that as an excuse to slam some beers. Instead I slammed down four cans of Vernor's ginger ale. And I felt just as much better as if I'd slammed four beers.
I read a lot about alcoholism and talked to all sorts of addicts and AA counselors. So I knew that most addicts don't quit until they hit their bottom. I was lucky that my bottom wasn't as deep as some other people have. I know people who have lost everything like spouses or family or jobs or homes and they still haven't hit their bottoms.
Ex-MA Hole, your idea for a new forum is interesting. I wonder if there's enough addicts or recovering addicts. Time would tell.
When I was getting ready to quit, I found a really good forum for addicts at
SoberRecovery.com. For every bad story, there's always someone with a story that's worse. But the people there are really supportive.
I hope people don't mind that I'm not using my real username for now. I trust the members of this forum. It's the people who might be "listening in" that I don't trust.