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.
Then why do I not drink when I have several hours available to relax instead of just 1-2?
No one starts out at the deep end of the pool. It took me 15+ years to get bad…
I’m not saying you are or aren’t, but that behavior, if kept up long term, is problematic for many people.
You also seem overly defensive about the implication you could have a problem.
I say this as someone who was exactly like you. Then it was 3-4 after work, and drinking “socially” every weekend… Etc etc… And so forth.
Not judging, just throwing it out there for you to think about.
