If you've never had an alcohol problem it should be easy to give up Brian, whether it's your idea or not .
If on the other hand you're freaking out about 'being totally straight'...thats a pretty good sign that it's probably best not to feed your inner addict anything anyway, yeah?
Maybe it's time to take that sucker out for good?
I went from a few addictions to others...ended up on alcohol. It was the worst addiction in many ways.
I think your family have your best interests at heart here
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