I definitely had underlying issues that led me to turn to drinking, but for many years I had the idea that if I could somehow solve those issues I'd somehow be restored as a normal drinker, or at least not crave a drink.
Unfortunately that was not the case for me.
Whatever my underlying issues were I also developed a nasty case of alcoholism and I had to act on both the issues and the 'medicine' I took.
I had never been a normal drinker anyway...
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