Originally Posted by
Dee74 
You know what worked for me James? I stopped....then in a couple of months when my head was clear I was able to get a lot further and a lot closer to the why.
I thought I needed to know the why before I stopped too...I never got anywhere and I kept drinking....
If something's telling you you need to know the why before you can stop, that just might be your AV looking for a few more months, or years, of you tickling its fancy.
Thanks Dee
Maybe I'm putting too much thought into this. I was trained as a scientist and although I'm now in a different industry, my thought process is always along those lines. The Mr Spock in me, my wife calls it.
Why I did the post was, I now realise, I failed last time because I wasn't doing it for myself.
Over Easter I was surrounded by alcohol drinking mates but not one drop past my lips. Found it easy. Got home and yesterday I had a beer with my brother in law. No hint of AV
So looks like I'm back today to start Day 1.
No use looking back.
Stay strong everyone, AV is a sneaky SOB.