To a certain extent Perception becomes reality. If you think you're chronic and obsess about it... Look out. Best thing to do is go out there and live life with out drinking for awhile and see what happens. It is an obsession of the mind that takes time to reprogram. Accordingly, "faking it till your making it" and "not taking the first drink" now makes utter and complete sense to me. Some really are sicker than others; and the more time there is between today and my last drink the less "sick" I am.