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soberlicious ok, so here's my question again. AlericB and Steven, do you believe that my level of functioning and decision making is the same after 10 pints as it is with no pints?
I think soberlicious that the Positive Drive Principle (PDP) says that we will always choose to do that which we perceive will make us the happiest in that moment. If we've had 10 pints we're probably quite likely to feel that that means carrying on drinking, whereas if we haven't had a drink at all we may decide that we'd be happier not drinking even if just for that day.
Two different outcomes of course but both are the result of where we saw our happiness lie and so our capacity to choose is the same in both situations. It wasn't impaired by the 10 pints - we choose to carry on drinking because that was our preferred option at that time.