Originally Posted by
Zuzu29 
Do any of you have thoughts about the goal of cutting back? (I would like to have 2 glasses of wine a day, with frequent days without any wine.)
I would like to have a half glass of wine maybe once or twice a year. Maybe go to the wine tasting in the middle of the state or just cross the boarder in NH. Maybe have my wife get another bottle of that home made Italian wine from the guy in the North end.
What I would like and what I can do are two different things. Wine would have me return to full time drinking faster then any other kind of alcohol.
Our intake (alcoholic or not) is progressive by nature.
Today..two glasses but twice a week.
5 weeks from now...3 glasses but twice a week.
10 weeks from now... 3 glasses but 5 times per week.
A year from now...Who knows...maybe a bottle and a half every night, every day of the week.
If you are going to try moderation...remember the progressive nature of alcohol intake. If you want to be free of the burden our thoughts battle while we try to moderate... abstinence is the way.
Yes wine can be an enjoyable drink but wine can also bring much more harm and pain into our life then the taste is worth for me.