Originally Posted by
dustyfox 
Now because I accept alcohol is poison and I have made a decision to never drink it again, I feel free of the need to argue with myself about it. Not having to negotiate and argue and reason for hours and hours every day is a HUGE relief, it used to take up so much mental energy.
Exactly! The mental energy I expended over a few decades of "moderate drinking" was enormous. And sometimes I was successful, sometimes not. So much easier to make the decision once and for all and move on. There's plenty of other issues to work on, lol.
I am one who can honestly say "There but for the grace of God go I" and mean it. That I never got a DUI, lost my home or a job is a miracle. Although there was plenty of damage to my relationships, of which there were many. That's where the unaddressed issues took their toll.