I know this doesn't answer the question, but I quit lying to myself and to others, let me explain. Everytime I quit drinking I was proud to say I quit. So I told people around me that I quit. Not long after that I went to drinking again. This last time I just said that I wasn't going to quit at all, and that all I'm going to do is stop for now and go back to drinking later in life. Preferably at the age of retirement. It has been a total of 4 years without any drop of alcohol. It also has been an eye opening event realizing what the stuff has been doing to my body ever since. Alcohol has masked all the problems and without it I am more careful I'm caring for myself. First thing that hit me like a ton of bricks was the arthritis. That's mostly what I'm dealing with.
I know this doesn't answer the question, but I quit lying to myself and to others, let me explain. Everytime I quit drinking I was proud to say I quit. So I told people around me that I quit. Not long after that I went to drinking again. This last time I just said that I wasn't going to quit at all, and that all I'm going to do is stop for now and go back to drinking later in life. Preferably at the age of retirement. It has been a total of 4 years without any drop of alcohol. It also has been an eye opening event realizing what the stuff has been doing to my body ever since. Alcohol has masked all the problems and without it I am more careful I'm caring for myself. First thing that hit me like a ton of bricks was the arthritis. That's mostly what I'm dealing with.
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