Old 07-06-2017, 08:16 AM
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DesertDawg
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Thanks for the topic, Sao. It's nice heading into another weekend so soon, due to the short week here in the US.

The "consolation prize" of the pathetic existence of the solitary drinker that I used to be was that I never had to worry about making a fool of myself in front of people or offending someone around me...there simply was nobody around to offend or to embarrass myself.

On the other hand, given how self-conscious I am, I think I may have possibly quit sooner, or the problem may not have even escalated as far as it did, if there were people around to confront me when my antics got out of hand. But who knows how many bridges I may have burned in the meantime?

So the only conclusion I could reach is that drinking is just a lose/lose proposition for me, which is why I got help and am done with it.
I suspect the same holds true for many others.
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