Ah, the question that goes round and round in my head.....I really appreciate Dee's responses to most of these questions.....its what I need to hear!
From what Ive read on the boards.....some people succeed in controlling their drinking for limited time....but most go back to tragic boozehounds pretty quickly.
Mind over matter? Maybe.....this is why Im so interested in CBT. I have a friend with a psych degree and a meth addiction.....but she firmly believes that with CBT and various other therapies, one day she'll be able to just use when she wants to and not form a habit again? I'm not game to take the risk, but while she's adamant she can do it, ill happily spectate
In this respect, I dont see how alcohol is different to other drugs. Do you ask a recovering heroin addict if he/she can just have say an eighth of what it would take him/her to get high? (the equivalent of a 'couple of drinks' to an alcoholic?)
Just my two cents