Hey PJK
I tried many a time just to 'cut back', to drink socially, or at certain times of the year like Xmas... but the bottom line was I just didn't have the control switch in me to stick to that. Never had it.
Sooner I later I would find myself in the middle of uncontrolled madman drinking again.
Like Hodd says, although quitting completely and forever is a huge thing to contemplate, it's actually easier once you commit to that.
If you really are drinking to solve problems, you'll be amazed how much better it is to actually solve those problems, rather than push them aside with another bottle
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