Be proud of me guys. I just finished "Under the Influence". It does a good job of explaning the biochemical changes in the alcoholic. It also describes maintenance drinking.
My wife is at the stage of alcoholism as a maintenance drinker. She puts down at least a quart of wine a day. But she she sips it slowly, throughout her waking hours, to maintain the effect....what her body demands to feel normal.
It is just a stage.....as she gets progressviely worse. In time, her body will demand more and more....to maintain. Meanwhile her health detoriates.
Imagine living life where a 1.0 BAL is normal!!!