OH!!....and while I am on my little rant. I found this wonderful site about a week after I had begun escalating my drink. Here is where I found discussion of the Kindling Effect, and I believe reading about it was what saved me from a lot of misery.
Think of the people not on this forum--I had never heard of this before SR.
I have always believed things happen for a reason--at least this is one of the ways I explain my enlightened choice to stop the beer.
Just sayin....and no more ranting, sorr