re: Does anybody struggle to control their alcohol intake?

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know it’s a problem. I’ll admit to that. I don’t think I’m an alcoholic by definition. Usually, I’ll have maybe a 6 pack a week. My problem is every now and then I open the bottle and it gets out of control, especially amongst friends. They won’t hold it against me, but it doesn’t make me feel less guilty.

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If you can drink a couple of beers and call it a night, maybe the Frank the Tank nights are just an occasional aberration. I've got no room to judge!

All I can tell you is that I can stop drinking, cold turkey, for long periods of time. But when I have another drink, it's on all day and night until bedtime - whenever that might be. It's kind of a conundrum, but I don't drink like a "normal" person.

You sound unhappy with your behavior and embarrassed by the results. Good luck getting things balanced to a more personally acceptable level.

I’m guessing alcohol fixes Covid because the government is trying to get us to quit drinking it

First they put gay people on the cans and now they’re paying them to make anti alcohol posts

Nightly for me, but I’m up at 4:30 every morning for work.

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I was supposed to go to the wedding of a friend of a friend. This person is mostly friends with my wife and some others in our inner circle. I was unable to go after it all went down.

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Friend of your wife getting married? Presumably a bachelorette party? DID YOU PULL A DANCING BEAR?!?!?!?

Hey, ask those closest to you what they think of your drinking. Sensing from your post that you may need to sit down when they tell you.

Key math for me: How many 45 day consecutive periods have you had zero alcohol in the last 5 years? I knew my answer (to similar question I had one time I my life) after I did the math.

Be safe and good luck in next step of your journey.

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I was supposed to go to the wedding of a friend of a friend. This person is mostly friends with my wife and some others in our inner circle. I was unable to go after it all went down.

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Bro must have tried to bang his wifes friend or something and got shot down

No at some point I just didn't like how the stuff tasted anymore.

The stuff that does taste it good, well It's almost a sin to drink a lot of it.

I very conscientiously watch how much I drink bc over 75% of my family are alcoholics

I am afraid I will lose control

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Only drink red wine these days. For every con there is a pro to its benefits

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I like red wine (and all th rest of it) but I don't for one second believe this BS.

It is likely 1 of 2 things is happening here:

1) Either things are worse than you are admitting and if you ask the opinions of your friends and family, you may not like the answer.

or 2) You are over thinking and making things up worse in your head than in reality and if you ask family and friends around you, they will probably think it isn't a big deal.

Either way, ask the people around you.

As far as going too hard in the paint, I've found a conscious effort to have a glass of water between drinks really changes things. If I am at home with my wife and we are having a drink in the evening I have zero issues and don't need the water because I'm relaxed and drinking slower. If I am away from the house and we are at a social event, I'm usually up, moving/walking around, and getting caught up in conversations so I drink faster than what I would at home. I recognize this so majority of the time I start with a water then swap back and forth. It helps but the key is to start with the water.

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I would get insufferable anxiety after drinking even if I did nothing awkward.

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I do the same if I've had even just a little too much and do nothing out of the ordinary. Probably from doing stupid crap in all of my younger years. I just assume I did something wrong.