Originally Posted by
Thumper 
I think guaranteeing something to yourself is different then to another person. Maybe not.
My word of honor is all I have. If I can't trust myself, why should anyone else? More importantly, if someone can't trust my word of honor, why should I trust theirs?
Originally Posted by
Thumper The first part (about the disclosure) is a more interesting to me. I'm turning that one over in my mind. I'm going to be thinking about that one tonight.
I would probably disclose it in a relationship if someone flat out asked me if I ever had a problem with alcohol, but unless someone had a very good reason for asking, I would have to question why a normal drinker or never-drinker would be so interested in something as banal as past drunken misbehavior.