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Originally Posted by NEOMARXIST  it truly isn't easier to not do it at all, if it was I'd have not had the two big relapses I've had since joining this site in May, I mean when I read those posts (and when I wrote them) I was adamant and confident I could grasp permant sobriety but Boom, few weeks down the line lets get wrecked again. But moderating drinking ain't in the equation for me when I get wrecked. I get wrecked. I find alcohol such a tricky one because I DO truly love the taste and (initial) feeling but boy when the monster is unleashed there ain't no stopping it untill pass out 3 days later. |
You're a different kind of drinker than I was. I "moderated" pretty well, but it was hell because I hardly ever got as much as I wanted... and on those nights I went ape.
I don't buy that alcoholics can't moderate their drinking. Some of us can, but it takes a hell of a lot more effort than just not drinking at all. AND you keep figuring out ways to rationalize "upping the dose." AND it still ends up sinking you in the end.
Why put yourself through that? Maybe it's not "easier," but it's a lot simpler for me anyway.