Limit My Drinking

It’s not that I drink too much regularly, maybe a drink or two at most on a regular week. But, being the all-or-nothing kind of person that I am, I easily let myself go too far and end up regretting it. So far there have been no lasting consequences affecting me or those around me, but I cannot count on my luck to continue like this.

I feel I am almost in control of my drinking, but being young is no excuse to behave irrationally or dangerously, even occasionally. I think a more than reasonable goal is to actively monitor my drinking on nights when I am drinking at all. It is absolutely not o.k. to not remember parts of the night and certainly dangerous and stupid to decide to ride my bicycle home after a night of drinking.

Good luck to everyone who shares this goal. I am aware that this problem comes in many forms and I am lucky to be able to control it as much as I do and I am eternally thankful for the luck I have been granted every time I have made a poor decision because of drinking (including the poor decision to drink more).

I’d never considered myself an alcoholic, yet lately I’ve been noticing quite a few alcohol-related jokes at my expense. One of my co-workers called me a “lush” and the past week or so it seems like my nightly glass of wine often turns into 2 or 3. So I want to quit. Not completely-I don’t think I can just completely stop dinking overnight. I do think I can begin to slow down. For now I’m trying to limit myself to just weekends. I had chai tea tonight instead on wine. It wasn’t as hard to do as I thought it would be…

this is so so hard for me I can go a couple of days without a drink then ::bam:: I’ll drink like half a bottle of tequila and feel like shit all day the day after. Then do it over again. I’m beginning to think I really have a problem..my boyfriend says I dont..I think we both do.

So heres the deal. I am not. NOT NOT NOT having even one drink for 2 weeks (hopefully more but 2 weeks would be the longest I’ve gone in 5 years)