People have described to me their efforts to control food intake and weight loss...by drinking flour mixed with water.
People have described ways to control self harm...cutting thighs and stomachs only, nothing visible.
There are 'harm reduction' programs where people can practice 'safe' and controlled use of heroin.
All of these things seem outlandish to me because I don't obsess about those particular issues. I, personally, see all of them as dangerous and harmful practices.
Playing with alcohol, trying to control it is dangerous for me. Despite the severe and repeated harm it was doing me, it took me a long time to see that. Because, I was obsessed with alcohol.
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