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Old 08-10-2009, 04:51 AM
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Fubarcdn
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Hi Midton
Welcome to SR.
I had a similar pattern of drinking so you are not that different from a lot of us.
I would drink one day on and then one or two days off with a hangover and then repeat the pattern for several years. This type of drinking is just as bad if not harder on tour body than constant drinking.
What I had to do was break the pattern and develop a new pattern of living replacing the drinking with more satisfying things like working out, movies, and spending quality time with my wife. I didn't think it would happen but my life is much better without getting hammered.
When I get the urge to drink, which hardly ever happens now, I have a list of good things and bad things about drink and I read it. The bad things outweigh the good about 20 to 1 now although when I just quit the ratio was much closer so it is an easy decision to say no to that first drink.
I am also like you in the fact that if I start it is hard for me to stop until I am wasted so not taking that first drink is the key for me.
Good luck.
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