MLD51

Great post, Myth. When I realized I hated myself, I knew I had to quit. All of the other things I had done while drinking weren't enough (somehow) to get me to quit. That feeling waking up in the morning - wondering what the point of still being on the earth was - that was truly alarming. I have a friend who is a heavy drinker who is getting to that point. He hasn't had DUI's, lost a job, lost relationships - YET. But he talks about anxiety, depression, a feeling of hopelessness. We talk about it - I tell him almost all of those feelings disappeared for me after I quit. I don't tell him to stop drinking - he has to decide that for himself - but I just keep showing him how much better MY life is without it. And it truly is - label or no label.

Daucuscarota

Sober Day #39 after being dependent on wine, daily, for years.
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Agree with this ^^^^^^ 100 %.
I recently had to distance myself from my oldest drinking buddy, because whenever I would say that I felt like I no longer had any control over alcohol, and I thought that the only answer for me was to quit,
she would start saying that moderation was the answer, and that we weren't really alcoholics, because we were functional and did not have severe withdrawal symptoms if we skipped drinking for a day.

My AV LOVED hearing that------it didn't take much for her to convince me.
I already have my hands full dealing with my own AV, I don't need to deal with hers too.