Originally Posted by
Zebra1275 
First, if eveyone saw me drink only a beer or two they would conclude that I didn't have any problem with alcohol. I did this for a long time, one of the reasons other people never saw me as having a problem.
Second, when I would be in a social situation with others, I knew that nobody in the group wanted to drink like I did. If I wanted to get drunk I would need to do it with a different peer group. For the last several years my peer group was me.
The lyrics from the old George Thorogood song "I drink alone" descibes it pretty well.
My story to a T zebra. Well said my friend.
I was a hider of 100s and 100s of bottles. I had a weird thing about hording the empties. It wasn't because I was worried about the garbage man as some have suggested. It just kinda gave a physical presence to the carnage of my life or something.
I had to accept my alcoholism on a level that made drinking not possible for me. That wasn't till it was closing in for the kill. It took 30 years. So seared what to do ?