Welcome back, luckedog. Glad to see you around again, I missed ya! Sorry for the loss of your mother.
Originally Posted by
puddles 
I think I have a tendency to think of normal/whatever that means/moderate drinking as the holy grail...or whole taco?
So this is how I see "normal":
Normal people don't drink more than they can handle. Normal people stop before it gets out of control. I was weird for a long time, I drank to get dog**** wasted and couldn't stop to save my life.
Now I don't drink more than I can handle. I drink exactly what I can handle, which is nothing. *Bam* I'm normal again. I get out of control on drink #1 so I stop before I ever start. *Normal.* I have a normal relationship to alcohol again because I stick to my limit (my limit just happens to be zero).