Originally Posted by
daredevil 
After reading a couple of the responses, several things have become clear.
Evidence has shown that when I drink, I binge.
That when I binge, bingeing in the ensuing days is more likely largely to offset the malaise resulting from the binge.
And nothing good has come of bingeing (with the exception of oblivion, which is transient).
Next time I want to binge, I'll know that all factors considered, it's not worth it.
So I won't do it.
With that, I suppose, I have secured permanent abstinence.
DD - so much ambivalence here, though I like where the scales are tilting, concerned with the fact there is anything on the other side, weighing against sobriety.
As an attorney, in voir dire, I often say to a jury regarding their hesitancy to commit to a verdict that they would not want to get on a flight where, before takeoff, the captain says "I suppose I will be able to land this plan in Cincinnati. I hope I am able to do so".
The same lack of commitment is apparent in your post.