Originally Posted by
yeahgr8 
Brilliant thread made me smile:-)
I agree. It is a brilliant thread, glad it got resurrected.
I think it's brilliant because it addresses a subject that I believe is very difficult for many alcoholics, definitely this one.
I would like to be able to drink socially. I know that sometimes I was able to take my wife and kids out to a restaurant, have two drinks and safely drive us all home. I also know that sometimes I wasn't. Further, I know that if I went out with my friends, I didn't even try to drink moderately.
This was all before, later in life, I started drinking to drown my sorrows. Once I started that, I went out of my way to drink myself to oblivion. WAY out of my way.
I now fully understand the consequences of doing this; it WILL kill me and hurt and/or kill others.
It just seems irresponsible and stupid to take that risk again. The sanest approach seems to be to drill that danger further into my thick skull and develop a sincere distaste for alcohol and its effects, as many have before me.