I'm brand new at this, you remember
This blog
Learning to moderate drinking consistently
At this time I have recognized something
Exempt Months
Months that are exempt from requiring consistent moderate drinking
And THAT has been what's been going on
And is why I'm struggling since December to moderate more
For me, and I'm positive Many Others
When you have issues with your FOO (family of origin) and your love life
This is the most difficult period in the calendar year
For me it's
Thanksgiving
Christmas
New Years
My Birthday
Valentines Day
Look
I keep getting more and more honest with myself
And insights continue to be revealed
I will figure it out
Either that, or my Exempt Period will remain my Exempt Period until something radical changes in those two categories: FOO or love life.
But in my drinking experience while practicing drinking, this latest now deemed Exempt Period has been the most successful one I've ever had! It has been the most controlled, moderate drinking in my history of mid-November - mid February.
....Wait, no, 2013-2014 were the best. And 2012 I was alcohol-free.
I feel sooo much more relaxed in my body, and sooo much more confident that that must mean I've stumbled onto a truth.
The Little Engine That Could
With The Intention Of Achieving Balance And Control Over Drinking And Being Fully Deprogrammed From CultAA--which I am learning to forgive, and let go of. Research teaches us that 1 out of 3 people are problem drinkers, but 90% of problem drinkers are Not Alcoholics and can change.
My Drinking History: Over four decades of mostly problem drinking, five drunken-related arrests in my 20s (the early 80s), of abstinence and binge-drinking, of trying moderation and usually-or-often failing, of being immersed in almost every other recovery group out there, but of being mostly sober.