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Originally Posted by twiggy123
I would like any suggestions to just quit any more than I do now. Like I say I am not at all close to being the drinker that I was, but I still get the urge.
Sometimes I can go weeks, but get it on my mind and that's that for me.
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I've actually quit since writing that, cutting down seemed to hard, well it's only been 2 weeks but I feel confident. I'm not actually sure how I did it, I went on a diet after being shocked by some photos of myself on holiday, I think the attitude of not being a servant to impuses, appetitites with food easily transferred to drink.
I also think 2 very wise men "showed me the light"
The idea of
health as the meaning of life suddenly started to make sense to me, writer/farmer Wendell Berry probably steared me towards this more than anyone.
Finally another (bestselling) author, Dr Al Bernstein, who defines mental health as maturity says you should never run from something out of fear, the path to safety is through facing your fears, I think drinking(a lot at least) in a social situation is a kind of running away out of fear. I'll just have to have some guts.