First of all, it's not that I am addicted - But I class it more as 'substance abuse' linked with some other issues I have going on - I drink alcohol only once every week or two max and have my regular times that I do it. Thing is, I only drink when I am by myself. When I do it, my plan is to do it as a form of escapism and basically to drink and be a bit giddy along the way and end up in bed, crash the whole night and that's that.

I've been doing this since living alone several months ago and until last week, I felt that it was under control. Then last week I drank during the week when I was meant to get up in the morning for work. I ended up drinking enough that I fell asleep feeling sick, woke up feeling sick, ended up vomiting, feeling really bad and not going to work.

I guess, that's when things become a problem!?

At least since then, the thought of drinking turns my stomach, so I hope that it will stay that way!

What is a replacement or an answer to this? Don't we all want to 'let our hair down' sometimes and escape reality or just day-to-day life?