Originally Posted by
FreeOwl 
Looking back on my life, I can see that a lot of my drinking was 'just' self medicating.
But that didn't stop it from getting worse and worse and worse
Yup. Self medicating everything. That's the point of the steps right? Uncover that stuff, fiddled around with it and let it go....I mean, that's very top level
However it gets done, digging down to the causes of drinking to the point of destroying one's life needs to get done. Just don't stay there...move on.
I have known only 2 people in 12 years that said they became alcoholics for no other reason than they like to drink, um, a lot. My brain still can't wrap itself around the concept of being a 'perfectly happy and adjusted' person and becoming an alcoholic. But I know it happens...just don't get it. I think the bulk of addicts are dealing with something emotional/psychological/spiritual/physical. Or all of those things....