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Old Sep 13, 2017, 09:31 AM
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That is awesome congrats. We know I over drink in order to get rid of negative thoughts or I am really stressed. I can go periods of no alcohol then something gets triggered and I turn to alcohol. Right now the plan os not to never drink but go back to how I have been most of my adult life...a social drinker. This drinking to cope has only been am issues for about a year or so by not even steady at that.
Thanks. There is some research saying that returning to drinking socially has a higher success rate, but I think my history of trying that has resulted in enough problems that abstinence is probably the best answer. I would suggest you look at Moderation Management to help you return to responsible social drinking.

What happens with me is that after a decent period of abstinence, I decide that I can handle it again. I start out doing the responsible social thing and it quickly escalates to the self medicating level. A big issue for me is social awkwardness; I don't have much of a social life.
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