That's pretty much my mantra too McBoyle.
I have the evidence of where drinking takes me.
I know there's no way to mitigate the inevitability of where I'll end up.
I know it all starts with the first drink and not the last...
so I don't drink.
I hope you don;t think that's a wiseguy answer...but for me it really is that simple...not easy perhaps, but simple.
what does your recovery plan look like?
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