Greetings Hendrix! I'm fairly new too and have found amazing inspiration here. I have just come to terms with the idea of traveling in Europe without drinking. Yikes! I use a metaphor for myself that the Beast is a highly trained service dog and if I allow it on the sofa even one time it will never stop trying to sneak up there. This would be a waste of my investment! So I guess instead of getting angry (after all, the animal brain does protect us in emergencies) I have merely trained it to obey me no matter what the distraction. It's hard to say "I'm never going to change my mind," We like to imagine that we are fun and spontaneous and there just might be a "When in Rome" situation. I just reframed that for myself. I'm not that girl now. Period. Welcome and let us know your ideas !!!