Originally Posted by Tube Ace

Thanks. Did you mean the urge *never* goes away? There's a saying "once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic" since it's always a constant battle not to drink. I don't think I was an alcoholic, but I was getting close about 7 years ago. I used to binge drink a few nights per week, but not everyday or else I'd be dead. I guess it depends on the definition.

Some days I just want to go back to my old ways and drown myself in whiskey (Makers or Crown rocks were my drinks), but I'm done with that. I wasted too much time, money and energy doing that. New Orleans is a city full of functioning alcoholics and is the main reason I had to leave.

Today, at age 39 I'm in the best shape of my life. I actually have 10-pack abs showing now that I don't have all those extra empty calories and I train hard in the gym everyday. I've run about 15 marathons in the last 2 years. I had to replace one addiction with another.

"A sound mind in a sound body" is absolutely true.

I really feel like a god now and I'm searching for my goddess.