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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I was like you.  And I didn't "have a problem," and it's unlikely you do either.

I resorted to a weekly quota. "This week, I will drink 7 drinks." So, I'd keep track -- if I had two glasses of wine on a Friday night, I'd need to skip my drink another night.  I very gradually worked down that number (to around 5), from around 10ish.  And I tried to be realistic -- if I knew that I was going to be at the in-laws, for example, my quota that week would be a little higher.

For me, the priority was to get more comfortable with alcohol-free nights -- I wanted more of those in a week than nights I was drinking. For you, the priority might be to go from 2-1 drinks a night, or whatever.  There are still nights when I'll have 3!  Or days when I have 4 (like, a picnic plus a baseball game or whatever). But that means that for the rest of the week I have nothing.

And, FWIW, the first week does suck.  And just because it sucks doesn't mean you're an alcoholic.  All the comments about "replacement" or whatever are good for some people, but for me I just needed to get through the moment of craving, which I generally did by distracting myself. [/quote]

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