Hi and welcome parnellatwood
I started as a binge drinker and ended up an all day everyday one. I don't think I was any better off as a binge drinker, it was just a another point on the curve of my alcoholism.
I used to think everyone binge drank too - now I realise it was the the social group I ran with - who better for an out of control drinker to hang with but other out of control drinkers?
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