Dearest Gismo ~ do you think you have a drinking "problem?" Do you believe you could be an alcoholic? Do you CRAVE the alcohol? Has it become a problem in your life? Perhaps you should go to AA, my friend. There is NO SHAME in being an alcoholic, if that is what you are, because it is a DISEASE. It's a RECOGNIZED disease by the American Medical Society. It's just the same as if you had diabetes, and you wouldn't be ashamed if you had that, would you? You wouldn't feel guilty if you had that, would you? I don't think so.

I think you know that I'm a recovering alcoholic. Yes, at first I felt guilt and shame until I LEARNED that it was a disease. Yes, it's a disease that *I* can control with HELP. But I cannot do it alone. Very, very few can. AA saved my life, and I'm not kidding.

Why not look into AA if you think that you have a drinking problem, and from what you say, you just MIGHT have, my dear friend. Gismo, drinking KILLS. It almost killed my son last summer, when his liver completely quit working, and he was on life support for several weeks!!! The doctors called me to the hospital telling me that he was dying!! I sat there, waiting for his last breath. The doctors don't know HOW he survived, but I do -- God intervened. The doctors keep saying he should NOT be alive, but he IS. He's doing fine, and his liver is working, even tho it's not at 100%, it's working!

Don't be a statistic, Gismo. Alcohol will damage your liver to the point of no return. And they don't do transplants on alcoholics. Private message me if you want to talk -- I've been there and done that. And I CARE. God bless my friend and take care. Hugs, Lee