Lotta stuff about moderation on the forums lately. Here is what I was thinking...
Love it or hate it, most every alcoholic is gonna try moderation. Thats just the nature of the beast. So, we can argue about it all day long but in the end, its something you have to try for yourself. Just please, don't spend years of your life trying to moderate unsuccesfully.
Have a plan. Set your goals. Determine how much alcohol you consider to be drinking in moderation. And if after a few months you are not succesful at meeting your goals, well, its time to give it up and go for sobriety.
Really though, normal people don't crave alcohol so much that they can't imagine living with out it. Normal people don't sit around thinking about the next time they can justify getting a drink.
I do believe if a happy healthy mind is what you, as an alcoholic, are looking for you will be hard pressed to find it in moderation.
In the end,yes, moderation probably works for some people. If your one of those than congrats! But if your like most of the rest of us who have tried moderation many times before and always end up failing.....at some point you need to be honest with yourself and admit that it is NEVER going to work.