Posted by Dragon Black on September 21, 2007, at 5:15:25
I reposted this here from the psych board cause this one's so much more busy.
look, I don't mean any disrespect to anyone. I fully realize that many have internalized the idea that anyone who has a drinking problem needs AA/complete abstinence, and anything less will result in "rock bottom" and they have to find that out for themself. ultimately everyone has to figure these things out for themselves. So: I'm interested in hearing from people who have learned to control their drinking w/o having to quit or resort to AA. If you are an AA die-hard, I appreciate your comments also, but you are preaching to the wrong audience. I'm not there yet. In way of background, I had my drinking down to a really manageable level several years ago, to where I was really only drinking on the weekends, when I was on wellbutrin. long story short, lost my insurance, got priced out of meds, relapsed into depression, can't afford it now, etc. american dream, yada yada. my drinking hovers between manageable to problematic, never bad enough to really screw things up unfixable like, just enought to make me want to change. need to get a handle on it. really just need a substitute, really. used to use weed intermittently as a substitute, but not really feasible now, plus weed anymore is even more of a problem for me than alcohol is once i get started back onto it. wouldn't be if i could buy in small amounts, like dimes or something. can't. any advice appreciated (and sorry if any AA members are offended : ) don't mean to be abrasive, just very distrustful, plus other issues, like i'm an atheist and don't think a program that requires you to recognize a higher power could possibly work for me. plus not ready to quit drinking.) thanks for all responses.
poster:Dragon Black
thread:784276
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