Welcome back happycamper.
I've been a binge drinker and an all day every day drinker - I think they're plot points on the same graph quite honestly - The things that kept me from drinking in the beginning - job, relationships, self respect - were no longer there at the end.,..
It can happen to anyone.
Noone needs to ride the crazy train to the end of the line though
The sooner you decide to do something definitive about this, the better I think?
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