I haven’t read through this thread, but if you think you have a problem with alcohol, you probably do. This is coming from someone who had a BIG problem with it. Here is the mostly applicable text from a post in the following thread a while back.
"There are different kinds of people and they respond to alcohol differently. If the OP is “just asking,” and doesn’t really have a problem with drinking, then there should be nothing to worry about. However, typically, that type of person will not need to ask that kind of question. I am not being presumptive about you, OP, you may really be “just asking,” I’m just saying that, from very personal experience, this is usually NOT the case.
If you or anyone else reading this thread really wants to be free from the slavery of addiction to alcohol, if it has you in its grips and you are one of those people who is honest enough with himself to admit that he does not have control over it, I would be more than happy to lead you to a solution that WORKS, and it does NOT involve AA, fucking spilling your soul out in front of a bunch of strangers, or much anything other than similar principals to what you will find in how we approach exercise on this site. It completely transforms you, psychologically and physically, using supplements, pharaceuticals, and the mind to completely change the problem at its very root.
I can now admit that I used to have a MASSIVE problem with alcohol, finally on the order of close to a half a bottle of whiskey every night. I have now actually been able to eliminate any craving or desire (in the way that I used to desire it, anyway) for alcohol in any situation, including social events. However, I can still drink socially, and do. I just do not get drunk anymore, nor do I have ANY desire to get anywhere near that state, ever. I almost never drink anymore, though, not through any concrete decision not to, but just because it never occurs to me to. This changed happened pretty much literally overnight.
If anyone here is interested, I would be happy to expound upon this in this thread or via PM. You just let me know.
I think that people who do not have that little monster inside of them, that locks on and takes over their wills, despite all desires to the contrary, cannot really understand how terrible it is. What despair addicts feel. There is nothing wrong with this, indeed you should consider yourselves blessed. Those who do have this problem will understand what I mean, and how exasperated I used to feel when someone would tell me that I should just “cut down.” It doesn’t work that way for some people and willpower has NOTHING to do with it.
Like I said,if anyone is interested, please just let me know. If not, and I have been making a mistaken assumption about this entire thing, then please forgive me and I will bow out of this thread right now.
And one final word just in case anyone feels perhaps I have just completed this program and am one of those who will just backslide when the glow wears off: I kicked that monster out 2 years ago [update:now 4 years, situation unchanged] and have not one single time had an episode of drunkenness nor any desire whatsoever to achieve that state.
I do like the odd beer and I love good champagne (Moet and Chandon…mmmmmm 