[GreenTea]

Originally Posted by GreenTea

... By drinking continuously but never overdrinking ...

Yeah, that works -- up until the point where you DO start overdrinking, and you start doing it every time.

I also learned elsewhere that an increase in tolerance can be generated by overdrinking -- kind of like "exercising that drunk muscle". I wonder if the "tolerance" line has gotten pushed so far up that it doesn't have anywhere else to go anymore, resulting in the overdrinking happening every time whether drinking continuously or not.

Originally Posted by GreenTea

... the alcoholic can only temporarily control his drinking behavior ...

I've certainly had that proven to me over and over again!