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I'm still battling with Alcohol [I Like Alcohol]

Since I started drinking I've had a bad relationship with alcohol. I don't use it to function and can go decent periods of time without drinking but when I do I very much over indulge. I feel like crap this morning, I didn't drink that much last night but it was the second night in a row hence why I feel so bad.

In the UK we have this thing called Sober October, it's where you go alcohol free for a month and raise money for charity. I'm thinking of doing this.

I don't want to be completely sober, my aim is to have a better relationship with drink and be more sensible with it. I get frustrated with myself that I can lay off it for a while and then fall back into bad habits pretty quickly.
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Good idea. Go a month or so without it. See if it’s easy, see if you miss it. If it’s easy just do another month etc etc etc
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@SW-User 3 years ago I had some very heavy drinking sessions in October it really came to a head especially as I used drugs as well. I decided to go sober until the end of November, it was nearly 6 weeks. I wouldn't say it was that difficult, however, 2nd December I went out and got trashed and pretty much undid all the positives of staying sober.
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If you know that when you drink it causes problems then why start again ? Especially if it’s not difficult. Doesn’t make sense.@SW-User
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@SW-User this frustrates me. I guess its a lack of willingness from me to make the right decisions. I'll make the pledge in October but aiming to cut down before then. First mini goal is go the remaining of August sober..
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I you got into trouble every time you had a bar of chocolate you would stop eating chocolate. Easy. If alcohol causes you problems just leave it alone. Then it won’t cause you problems... @SW-User
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@SW-User I get what you are saying, however, if I found that easy I wouldn't be on here complaining about these issues. I have a plan for the next few months and I'll try my best to stick to that plan.
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I know it’s not easy. It is simple though. We just stop drinking... @SW-User @SW-User