Hi Canuckleman
I hope one day you'll see I'm not really a hard ass
I spent decades trying to cut down my drinking - I kidded myself I was moving down to zero but even when I got there I never stayed there very long...
to be a moderate drinker was really my wish rather than stopping.
I simply didn't want to be that non drinker guy.Too embarrassing.
But booze kept kicking my butt. It nearly killed me.
I had to accept the toxicity of my relationship with alcohol - any amount or frequency of alcohol - in order to really make any real change.
You obviously feel your circumstances are different. I don't really think they are but I don't want to rile you up either.
That's not my idea of fun.
I'll move on to other posters now - good luck man.
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