doggonecarl

I don't know why you want to relapse, but maybe the reason "one more time" or "one last drink" works as a justification for you is because you haven't taken drinking completely off the table. "One more" is the crack in the door through which all reason flees.

We mean it when we say it, we believe it when we make the promise. But in the end we are just coming up with ways to compromise our sobriety when we promise to quit "after" the next drinking episode.

When you're done drinking, you're done, and you'll know it. Like a switch going off in your head. Until then, you are just playing games in your head.