Thanks for your reply, from a fellow animal lover. After finding out our dog has cancer, I felt the need to drink even more... its been really hard on all of us.
But come on, who am I kidding, if he came back with a clean bill of health, I would've drank to celebrate.
You ask a good question, one that I don't have a good answer for. My wife asked if I felt the need to go talk to someone other than her, and/or if I wanted to consider getting evaluated for anti-depressants.
I don't know if that is something I need or not. I don't "feel" depressed, but I honestly don't know what depression feels like.
The good thing is that I have no problem going days without a drink. Its the weeks thing that has been an issue.
Reading and posting here has really helped in making this decision to quit rather than cut down.