Hi Kru
I'm sure your counsellor will have some suggestions, but for me the key was accepting that I could not drink like other people - taking that option out of the equation was the clincher for me.
Support was vital too - and you'll find a lot of that here
I started as a binger and it was easy for me to justify it cos it was only every so often, but looking back it was clearly damamging no matter how infrequent it was, and it was the beginnings of the alcoholism that had me eventually drinking all day every day.
You're wise to look at this now
Hope to see you around some more - let us know how the counselling goes
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