sweetichick G'Morning! It is morning here anyway. I just had to add to what Dee said. Soon...alcohol does stop working for pain. Then you drink more and more which makes more pain with butt ugly hangovers. Then if you really want to push it as I have done in the past....you will find yourself "drinking yourself sober" at least that is what I called it. Of course you are not sober after staying up all night drinking to kill all the pain..you have simply upped your tolerance for alcohol so much that NOTHING WILL WORK ...except you. I am posting here...I am starting a journal ...I am even deep breathing...I also am reading books on how alcohol effects your body. Don't recommend that to all because it has scared the stuffings out of me. The point is we all have to find our own way. I wish you well. If you look at the good (only 2 things on my list) vs the bad effects of drinking...the bad comes out ahead. Keep that in mind. I am sure you already noticed that!