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I had to make a lot of changes in social life, how I solved problems, regulated bad moods, who I hung with and where…
Until I tried to stop, I didn’t realise how much my life was geared to drinking.
For many years I was reluctant to make any changes, and I became undone pretty quickly.
My white knuckle record was two months and I was a miserable ornery cuss with it.
My next quit was a couple of years later of very heavy drinking and I was ready to make those changes, and find that support.