I think most of us have underlying reasons for drinking...but we sometimes extrapolate that out to 'If I move, get this job and that girl I'll be happy and no need to drink'....sometimes it even becomes something like...'if I fix the underlying reasons, I can maybe drink normally'.
I'm sure a good job and a steady relationship can do wonders for you, but those things alone weren't enough to 'fix' me.
I had underlying reasons, but I also developed alcoholism along the way...and, fair or not, I forget that at my peril.
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