Alaskasunshine - I don't know what to think of your therapist except to echo Dee's question, does your therapist know even what we know here? Anyway it's a therapist and you are you. You know what you think deep down.
There are people in my life who love and care about me and they say I don't have a problem! Literally my own mother has told me I don't have a problem. Well, thanks for your input, Ma, but I am the one who lives inside this head, and the emotions that drive me and the anxiety I feel when wine is a staple in my life. First it relaxes me. But then there is always fallout. Always cringe-worthy moments. For all these years! So...nope, I am not able to drink normally.
Hey - for those coming back sober from trips, and for those heading on trips - congrats on staying sober! I have a trip coming up in November, to LA and I am already kind of worried. But I gotta live this one day at a time! Today I am sober. And you guys are all helping.
Boozefree...you ok?!