Is It possible to moderate drink?

[SassyRocks]

Welcome to the forum!

I spent many years, decades actually, asking myself that question about moderate drinking.

Here is something I wrote on the same topic of moderation 4 years ago…

My life & questioning sobriety

I understand completely. I spent years doing those same mental gymnastics and trying to figure out how I could drink normally like everyone else. It was so tiring! I could go awhile without drinking a few weeks or so, but then I would want some wine with dinner or we’d be hosting or attending another party and I’d get wasted. Normal, right? It was for me as I had been drinking since I was 15 and it was simply part of me and part of life with friends and society and all that. But my inner life? …