Originally Posted by
TurtlePower 
Not that I need an excuse, but is anyone else having an issue seeing every one else able to go and get their drinks and celebrate their new years by partying and drinking?
I'm finding myself not wanting to drink, but trying to explain to myself that I'm like them...
I know I'm not, but my mind keeps tricking me into thinking I could be.
That is your addictive side of your brain talking to you. It bothered me when I first quit drinking, I swore I would never end up like my parents, an alcoholic.
But I am one and I keep telling my brain that!