Posted by AuntieMel on January 16, 2007, at 9:38:45
In reply to Changing lifestyle to cut down on drinking, posted by DannaB on January 16, 2007, at 0:47:54
Only you can know if you can make moderation work. But you have to be completely honest with yourself.
I do know what you mean, though. It was always hardest for me at social gatherings - not from peer pressure, but from social phobias.
It eventually got to where the embarassment was worse than the phobia.
When you are tempted, play the movie of yourself drinking in your head, but play it *past* the fun part and through to the drunken conclusion.
When I'm with others, I usually have a glass of tonic. It takes a lot of getting used to looking at other people having "fun" that I am not having, but I console myself by remembering that I'll feel better the next day.
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