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Old 08-08-2011, 01:12 PM
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doggonecarl
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I wish you luck on your plan. I don't know you or your situation so I won't try to predict success or failure in your attempt. Nor will I judge. It is your goal to meet. If you don't have an problem with alcohol you should have no problem controlling your drinking.

I couldn't do it.

I read on SR once, in reference to trying to control our drinking, "If you have to control something, it's already out of control."

I convinced myself I was a normal drinker for years. As long as I compared myself to someone who drank more heavily than me, I could believe that I drank moderately. But compared to a "real" normal drinker, I drank like a fiend, like someone consumed with alcohol. I had to change my concept of what "normal" meant in regards to drinking. And once I understood that I could never drink normally, I accepted that quitting meant quitting forever.

Good luck. Let us now how it goes.
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