Good for you, Big Guy!!
Springboard for a Rant......
I grew up, surrounded by alcoholics - both parents and step-parents...drinking seemed the norm.
In High School, I drank... a lot... Our "poison" preference was Boone's Farm Strawberry Hill - anyone else remember that? LOL - and we could get it with alarming ease.
Being kids, we drank outside, in fields near the river and at homes when the parents were away. I cannot tell you how many times I woke up unable to clearly remember the night before's activities. Nowadays, that's frightening to recall. Then, it was just funny. I should also note I have never been hungover. That is not a good thing.
Anyway, I don't really remember when it happened but one day I just saw myself becoming my mother........and it wasn't a pretty sight. So, I quit..then and there, cold turkey.
Several of my friends never did learn, and some didn't make it to my age...some did, but have had a hard time, and more than one is a "resident of the State"...if ya know what I mean.
My point? Oh yeah, my point....what is it that makes some able to stop sliding down that slippery slope? Be it alcohol, drugs, whatever? I never knew until this past winter, when I met a most interesting man. He's a clinical psychologist, and he asserts that those who can't say "no" lack the internal "off" switch that those of us who have learned to say no have. They don't mind the out-of-control feeling they get when they are high/drunk, whereas people like me cannot stand feeling out-of-control in those situations.
Interesting, huh? And, don't get me wrong, I'm no prude. I have a blast at parties...I just do it without drinking. And, once in a while I'll have a drink myself. However, with my current health issues, even that is getting rarer and rarer.
"Never anger a dragon, for thou art crunchy and go well with brie."
Viv
