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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your life is hard. I get it. You deserve support.

But that's not why you are an alcoholic. It's why you have trouble fighting your alcoholism. It was easy to be a functional alcoholic before you had adult responsibility. [/quote]

OP it’s not an alcoholic[/quote]

The OP is absolutely an alcoholic. Did you read the first post? It sounds like she's a functional alcoholic, but an alcoholic nonetheless.

Things can go down quickly from here. While her responsibilities may currently be keeping her drinking under moderate control, that could change as her kids get older. [/quote]

Now there are four stages of alcohol use.

The first stage is alcohol use, the second stage is increased consumption and use to regulate emotion, the third stage is consistent drinking that affects health and the fourth stage is addiction to alcohol and loss of control.

OP seems to be in stage two and worried about entering stage three.
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I'm not sure that's the case. I think op's concern was cancer risk at status quo. 
Lots of people dont get worse where drinking is concerned but more so stay at baseline of whatever is normal for them. [/quote]

Sure, you could say the same thing about drinking Diet Coke, or any processed food. [/quote]

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