In my mid 20s I quit for a year and a half, well I started again, in no time I was right back where I had left off, possibly worse! This time I was follishly convinced that if I could go 1 1/2 years without a drink that I was in complete control and could quit drinking any time no problem!
27 years later I found myself in detox for my alcoholism! Oh yea I had control.... NOT!!!! Alcohol had me, it owned me!!!
Was that 27 years a relapse? Heck I do not know, I made a decision that I was in control of my alcoholism and my alcoholism showed me who was really in control and it damn near killed me.
Cunning, baffling, & powerful! You bet, for many years I thought I was in control and could quit when ever I put my mind to it, alcohol proved to me that it was in control, not me.
Ask your self if normal people find it important to drink at all? Ask your self if there may be a reason why you find it important to drink?