Originally Posted by
Pondlady 
It's hard to believe, but the longer you are sober, the less you think about drinking. We play these little games with ourselves..."I didn't finish the whole bottle of wine" ," I only drank 5 times this week, not every day." We have to be ready to stop. Completely .
I do this EXACT thing. I will find any way to justify it. The other day I watched intervention and convinced myself that I wasn't an alcoholic because the person on TV could drink more than me. Wtf?
I have a REALLY bad time with the following inner thought "WELL I HAVEN'T DRANK IN 5 DAYS, MY LIVER AND KIDNEYS HAVE PROBABLY RECOVERED REALLY WELL. I
EARNED A BOTTLE OF VODKA" It works on me everytime. I convince myself I'm strong and healthy enough to get drunk