What Is Alcohol Doing For Me?
For years, I thought my problem was alcohol. I thought the solution was to drink less, exercise more self-control, and somehow become one of those people who could stop after one or two drinks. I tried that for years. What I did not realize was that I was focusing entirely on the behaviour while ignoring […]
Is There Really Such a Thing as a “Normal” Drinker?
After years of wondering why I could not drink the way other people seemed to, I eventually landed on an explanation that many of us have heard before. Maybe I was just wired differently. Society has a fairly straightforward way of explaining drinking behaviour. There are the people who can take alcohol or leave it, […]
Why Can’t I Be A Normal Drinker?
About two years into my drinking career, I realized something unsettling. I could not remember a single time I had poured myself two glasses of wine at home, neatly put the bottle away, and gone to bed. I couldn’t remember having two cocktails at happy hour on a Friday evening and simply heading home afterward. […]