I’m a speech language pathologist who loves cats, listening to and narrating audio books, video games, and scary movies. My husband of 14 years filed for divorce in July 2018 and I developed a binge drinking habit when alone to cope with my feelings in a terrible way. Im in therapy and have a psychiatrist for anxiety and depression and they both think that it’s not alcoholism but binge drinking compulsion similar to compulsive eating, which I’ve had. I had weight loss surgery in 2009 and it’s just like trading one vice for another.