I went looking for the Nerd thread and landed here.
Interesting thoughts, poppy.
The problems you list that appear when you are drinking are some of the very problems I am trying to avoid when I
do drink. "If I drink I can't cope."
I guess for me, "If I drink, I am avoiding coping."
hm.
As to living in the now, that was one of the concepts that grabbed me in the avrt stuff. Today is now. Tomorrow will be now. It's always now. Fundamental, that. Why is it so hard to "get" such an easy concept?