I don't know Cyrano, to me it risks being the edge of a slippery slope, you might start out drinking occassionally and be ok as a social drinker, but you might also find that it's a gateway back to drug use. You also really run a high risk of cross addiction, in that you're probably predisposed towards eventually developing an addiction to alcohol. I know in my hospital based treatment group they really stress abstinance from all mood altering substances as the only way to be safe in recovery. I know I wouldn't trust myself to smoke pot, becasue it might lead me back to drinking. That and i'm allergic to the stuff.

I also here lots of stories in AA who started out using other drugs but never had a problem with alcohol who quit the other drugs and then eventually started abusing alcohol. It does seem that if we're addicted to one thing, we're more likely to get addicted to something else.

If you've been totally clean for awhile now, why risk it?

--spltimage