Hi Brette
Back before I was an everyday drinker I went through a period like this.
For me, the trouble with drinking - even if it was only one or two glasses every two weeks (or x days in my case) - is it kept me in that cycle...
it reinforced the idea I needed alcohol...it kept reinforcing the idea that alcohol is a viable option in some circumstances, and it reinforced the idea that I could control my drinking.
I was still feeding the monster...and sooner or later (well ok, sooner) the monster turned on me....
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