Crumpets gone to Scotland. I guess to have a drink. LOL.
Alcoholism - a disease or a choice?
by Sirona 93 Replies latest jw friends
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Crumpet
Back from Scotland now - and yes I could probably answer yes to all of those questions for one ocassion or another. However some of them definitely wouldn't be yes now.
I am sure I must have had a day off work for a hangover in the past but definitely not in the last 4 years or so. Yes I have had blackouts, ie gone to sleep on the bathroom floor at a friends for ten minutes because the tiled floor looked so comfy. And so on, but most of them are in the past not in the present. I have increased in confidence an awful lot of late and do not have to have a drink or drinks before I get to a party. I can in fact go to a party have a brilliant time and not drink at all, although thats not my preference - but that is what I did on New Year this year.
It is perhaps wrong to compare - but I do drink a fraction of what any of my friends do in a week, the majority of whom can afford to socialise every night and get wasted on most of those nights.
I think moderation is the key. Someone mentioned health related problems - well I haven't had any health related issues to my drinking. Not to say there will never be, but perhaps quality rather than quantity is another key to enjoying a drink and remaining healthy!
Thanks again - and thanks for the quiz Sirona.
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Lehaa
For me it's a bit of both.
I've had a battle with alcohol for a long time.
I have a genetic predisposition to it but that is in no way an excuse.
Sometimes I give in and choose to drink, other times I seem to have no control over it.
For a long time I was out of control, I drank every day, without fail.
I came to a point where I just had to stop myself. So now I don't keep alcohol in the house, and rarely buy it.
It takes a lot of self control but I don't want my kids to grow up remembering there mum as a drunk. I wan't my kids to have good memories of there child hood, not bad.
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