Alcohol Issues?!


Question:

Alcohol Issues?

I want to quit drinking, but don't know how. I don't drink every day, mainly at the weekend. But when I do drink, I go completely over the top and get obliterated, which is causing severe problems in my social life. I come from a heavy drinking background which has always condoned and even encouraged such behaviour. How do I fill the void left by quitting?


Answers:

alcohol has been part of the human diet for thousands of years...so we all have the propensity to liking the sauce.

qutting anything is hard--especially behaviors that are encouraged and have a biological predisposition. it may be uncofortable/awkward, but the a good way to go about quitting is letting the people around you know what you are doing. maybe you can offer to be a DD when you are out with family and friends. if someone beat you to it...i have a little trick i do at restuarants and bars: when i don't feel like getting smashed, i let the staff know (secretly) i won't be drinking and to serve my drinks virgin--to the people that might be encouraging the behavior, it looks like you're ordering your jack and coke, or whatever, so you kinda get away with it (well actually, i do this more for my binge drinking friends...when they start to get out of control, i'll start ordering thier drinks with the alcohol floated and eventually get them virgin drinks...it's funny and sad but the whole "crazy drunk person" act is all for show--i know some people that act more drunk after i've been ordering them cokes all night. go figure).

quitting is a lot easier with help. don't try to do it alone. good luck.




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