Flashbacks

My first post. Once I'd decided that this is something that I really want to do -- to write about this part of my life -- I signed up with a different ID and set up this blog.

Still not sure how to attack it ... but I think I'll basically just type of flashbacks as they come, and I'll be brutally honest.

For example ... I use to tell people that there were nine or ten years that got totally wasted on booze. This is not entirely true. I was a heavy drinker ever since I was fifteen, even though it didn't turn into full-blown abuse until 1984. Before that, it was still fun and I never got any serious consequences from it ... it was still very social.

Before I go on, I'll state that I've been sober since 1993 except for two relapses. They were serious but very limited in time. I've never been in AA or any other type of twelve-step-program.