Originally Posted by
vulcan30 
Drinking is no longer fun, the highs are no longer worth it.
I got to that stage too Vulcan - where drinking didn't even give me a "good" feeling anymore. What comes next is the stage where you simply need to drink to just keep your heart rate down and stave off withdrawals.
I can still vividly remember those mornings where I would try to chug that first beer to get my BAC back up and would literally vomit the whole thing right back up. Eventually i'd be able to keep one down after a try or two. If I didn't the heart palpitations would start and the panic would set in.
Yep, being a hostage to alcohol is a very good analogy. The difference is that unlike a real hostage situation, you can choose to get up and leave anytime you want to. And thing can be so much better...hope you can join us to find that.