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Salutations..
A brief snapshot of me:
On-again, off-again relationship with drink for the majority of my adult life. Last 5 years have been especially challenging, with the occasional two glasses of wine morphing into periodic liquor (more efficient) binges in the late evening. Although I have contended with anxiety and depression and have a serious family history of alcoholism I realize that I have a personal responsibility to manage the desire to self medicate and deal with mid life crisis in a manner that doesn't endanger relationships within the realms of family and work. As far as treatment goes, I've been proactive for the most part--asking my primary care MD for a script of Disulfram to break the cycle, discussing a game plan with a therapist and attending Celebrate Recovery meetings. The latter hasn't been as effective as I'd like; I'm not an incredibly social nor transparent individual (at least in person). So I continue to yearn for the euphoria that I've made into a bridge of sorts to the days of my youth. Alas, here I am.
Glad I found you.
Onward....
On-again, off-again relationship with drink for the majority of my adult life. Last 5 years have been especially challenging, with the occasional two glasses of wine morphing into periodic liquor (more efficient) binges in the late evening. Although I have contended with anxiety and depression and have a serious family history of alcoholism I realize that I have a personal responsibility to manage the desire to self medicate and deal with mid life crisis in a manner that doesn't endanger relationships within the realms of family and work. As far as treatment goes, I've been proactive for the most part--asking my primary care MD for a script of Disulfram to break the cycle, discussing a game plan with a therapist and attending Celebrate Recovery meetings. The latter hasn't been as effective as I'd like; I'm not an incredibly social nor transparent individual (at least in person). So I continue to yearn for the euphoria that I've made into a bridge of sorts to the days of my youth. Alas, here I am.
Glad I found you.
Onward....
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Welcome. I have found this site to be very instrumental for me. I hope that you benefit as well. Please read up and post. We are all here for you. Glad to have you here.
to SR! You'll find lots of support and encouragement here.
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Welcome to SR!!!
If this means, "I need to stop drinking before I eff up my family and my job'" then you might want to visit the secular recovery section. We like to use big words there, too. 
Good Luck on your Journey!
Originally Posted by Libertas 
I realize that I have a personal responsibility to manage the desire to self medicate and deal with mid life crisis in a manner that doesn't endanger relationships within the realms of family and work.
Good Luck on your Journey!
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