uh uh. No way no how.
Might sell books but it makes my blood boil. It would kill many of us here if we followed that.
I have a certain sympathy with the dysfunctional childhood thing, and I certainly used alcohol to escape...but there are coping strategies that *won't* destroy your life and slowly kill you.
I don't want to drink alcohol any more. I don't know why anyone would, looking at the damage it does to ourselves our lives and our loved ones.
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