C'mon yerself Yeahgr8
Yet again you misunderstand. I didn't post that I worked in the addictions field to give 'credibility' to my post, but to back up what I see on a daily basis.
I have been working with substance misusers for many years, long before I 'became' an alcoholic. We are funded to provide a 'harm reduction' service, so the majority of people who come through the door aren't yet looking for total abstinence. This philosophy clashes some now, with my own dependency issues and experience, but thats my problem.
I'll get to the point........on a few threads of late there have been people struggling to stay sober and are/have relapsed...maybe for the 100th time...I'm not sure. I read some of the replies and they make me cringe. I assume that they are posted with good intentions, but if they were replies to me relapsing...I wouldn't see it that way. That is what I said in my first post.