Originally Posted by rich27

Coming to terms with the drinking, acknowledging booze is the root cause of your issues, and choosing to say no to picking up the bottle is just a small price to pay as opposed to them walking out on you.

Believe me, you wouldn't want to be forced to stumble through the agony of feeling loss and loneliness tossing and turning for weeks asking yourself...why????? Each relationship I'd lost due to my boozing, the emotions got harder and harder to cope with and I wouldn't wish that darkness on anyone.

This saying rings very true: The answers to my problems were not found at the bottom of the bottle.

Best wishes.