Originally Posted by grocerease

You may be right, however I am one of those people where if I'm afraid of heights, I go skydiving, or if I'm afraid of giving speeches, I do an open Mic night. I feel that if I can't be around it and say no, then I will never be able to live my life and always have a fear of being around alcohol (which is everywhere) and I will just be a recluse. Which to me sounds worse than addiction. What better way to learn to say no than to go out and do it. This is just my opinion though, and I also know that there are many different stages of addiction, and also many different personalities. We all have different reasons for drinking. Mine was always because it was there, at least that is what I have gathered from talking to a therapists. I'm writing on this forum to try and inspire people that may be depressed or unhappy. Life is an amazing gift and I hope that we all can get what we want out of it. Happiness should be simple, but it can be easily hidden right in front of you. We will find it, sometimes you don't know you were high until your sad. Love yourself, trying to find happiness in anything but yourself will be disappointing. Just trying to spread some cheer. Love you guys.