I disagree. I don’t need that drink, it’s just helpful because I don’t have unlimited free time to do breathing exercises or run or whatever other stress management would otherwise work. I have maybe 1-1.5 hours after I get done with everything else I need to do to try and watch a show or play a game or something else that’s fun and if I’m still stressed from work I can’t enjoy those things. If I have to use other methods to calm myself first I won’t have enough time to actually do the fun thing.
I rarely drink on weekends unless it’s socially. It doesn’t even occur to me to do so.
Did you even read my reply? I CAN, I just don’t have enough time on a week night to do so. I’ve tried numerous methods of doing so and so far having a drink is what works in the timeframe required. I’m certainly open to suggestions for better alternatives.
Again, you CAN’T, obviously. Otherwise you wouldn’t keep doing it. It’s a coping mechanism you found and now you got so used to it, any other method just doesn’t cut it anymore. That’s a dependence.
You can argue all you want that it’s a time issue, but we both know that’s not true.
