Hi unwound - welcome
I reckon anyone who says this
It was making me feel bad, causing me health problems and starting to mess up my family/social life and so I decided enough was enough and quit.
has more than enough reasons to quit.
Are you an alcoholic...and might you be able to revert to some previous level of drinking someday? Unlikely from the thousands of stories I've read here but who knows?
I know I couldn't.
My drinking only travelled one way...it got worse.
There was no previous level or me to revert to really - when I had the choice I always drank to oblivion - but those few times I didn't, or couldn't due to outside factors, kept me on the hook for 20 years trying to work out how to do that on call.
Never managed it. I finally accepted I never would 10 years ago.
I'm happier, more peaceful and more content as a non drinker.
I've gained my life back.
I really can't recommend any other course of action Unwound
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