Hi and welcome Clee
I hope you haven;t been put off by the excellent advice here but I'm afraid IO agree with the consensus - oncve we reach a certain point, I don;t think it's possible to be 'social drinker
's anymore.
I tired tho, for 20 years. Noit drinking at all suits me much better.
My life is not sad or lonely either - I go out and do lots of things nowadays.
I rediscovered a me I'd forgotten about
I was merely existing as a drinker - now I'm really living.
I hope you'll decide to give it a try too
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