Do I have a drink problem?

Honey_Bear

Hi Ernie, I've just come across your thread and read it with great interest.  I used to drink, and the plan was always that I'd stop after two glasses of wine in the evening with my evening meal - I only drank during the day at weddings and Christmas, and drank a lot less than some people I socialise with.  I rarely managed to stick to the plan.  I stopped drinking for 20 days once and found myself going back to quaffing the same amount within a couple of days of starting again because I couldn't resist a glass of red wine with pizza one Saturday.  I had a problem with booze, but drank nowhere near as much as some people who say they don't.  In the end, it's probably a personal thing up to a certain level of consumption.

Only you (or those you live with, or are close to) can know if you and booze are a tricky combination but there's a general rule of thumb which says if you think you have a problem with booze, you probably do.  I'm glad to see Maman's post just above suggesting the Cutting Down/Giving Up thread which I found incredibly useful when I decided that things had to change.  It is, without doubt, the most supportive and the least judgemental group I've ever come across. 

Whatever choice you make, good luck with it.