lol justanotherdrink i agree! it's just pure off chance luck for an alcoholic lik me. i remember when i went to visit my gran i went out a coupla nghts n was really apprehensive as i knew what i was like if i drank- uncontrollable and had v bad hangovers. But i manged to control it to an extent - got drunk but controlled it. When i came into aa this bugged me as i though how did i if im an alcoholic? But now i realse that the fact is i was so agitated and angry when i was controlling it cos all i wanted was more and more- getting drunk isnt enough for me- i need to be wasted- beyond all recall. So on these odd occasions it was luck for me (cos there was other times i tried to manage my drinking and failed miserably - 9 times outa 10 i would fail i reckon!) Now that is most definately powerless of alcohol!