Quote Originally Posted by badwhale View Post
It's just like someone having cancer, or a suicide. Oh well, their loss.

ETA: I should clarify that what I'm saying is it's not their choice to have an addiction, or a disease. This is a sensitive subject for me & those close.
I would agree. Everybody handles things different and I admire those who know their limitations. If you can handle a drink or two and just relax it is a great pleasure. If you tend to never be able to stop at just one, it becomes a great disaster. My dad realized after years of heavy drinking that he would never be the kind of guy who could have just one, and when it nearly caused a divorce with him and my mom he proved his commitment to her was greater.

He has also told stories of when he had just quit, he would wake up in the middle of the night, go downstairs to a bar he had built, pour a drink, and stand staring at it and shaking he wanted it so bad. It certainly was an addiction for him, not a source of enjoyment or relaxation.