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My first thread. Great site. Over the years I have often wondered, "Why can't I drink normally?" Well what is a "normal drinker"? Certainly not me. Daily drinking to acheive a "buzz" to a nice mellow fog to go to sleep in. Drifting into drinking daily to maintain the buzz all day. At times I became a wino, ie a drink first thing in the mourning (that's what it feels like many times) to stay ahead of the hang over, then two more to "feel normal", then two more to feel good again. Fortunatly I was able to confine this indulgence to my days off. I happen to work for the best boss in the world, (myself) so I could take many days off or even work over the limit at home. But the hangovers got worse, I was in danger of messing up my family life and work and finally the 4 day hangover hit. DTs wo the hallucinations. I had to quit or moderate. So far I can only moderate. To quit altogether is too much without substituting drugs like diazapines and perscription sleeping pills. The longest I was totally dry in 35 years was 21 days and that was only to avoid cluster type migraine headaches. In going through the web I was attracted to this site by the suggestion of moderation. I hope that is "my way". I will try out the herbals and maybe the anti craving drugs. The CD's sound enticing. And a pledge not to drink while I am at this site or on moderation chats if anysuch thing exists. So that could easily take care of 1-2-3 hours in a night, the hardest time to moderate.
My first thread. Great site. Over the years I have often wondered, "Why can't I drink normally?" Well what is a "normal drinker"? Certainly not me. Daily drinking to acheive a "buzz" to a nice mellow fog to go to sleep in. Drifting into drinking daily to maintain the buzz all day. At times I became a wino, ie a drink first thing in the mourning (that's what it feels like many times) to stay ahead of the hang over, then two more to "feel normal", then two more to feel good again. Fortunatly I was able to confine this indulgence to my days off. I happen to work for the best boss in the world, (myself) so I could take many days off or even work over the limit at home. But the hangovers got worse, I was in danger of messing up my family life and work and finally the 4 day hangover hit. DTs wo the hallucinations. I had to quit or moderate. So far I can only moderate. To quit altogether is too much without substituting drugs like diazapines and perscription sleeping pills. The longest I was totally dry in 35 years was 21 days and that was only to avoid cluster type migraine headaches. In going through the web I was attracted to this site by the suggestion of moderation. I hope that is "my way". I will try out the herbals and maybe the anti craving drugs. The CD's sound enticing. And a pledge not to drink while I am at this site or on moderation chats if anysuch thing exists. So that could easily take care of 1-2-3 hours in a night, the hardest time to moderate.
, and welcome.
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