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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There’s some science involved, right? Alcohol gives you a dopamine hit. It’s enjoyable. Taking away something your brain has come to enjoy can be hard. I think dry january is a great way to check in with your habits. Lots of people are gray area drinkers who know they have a problem, but that problem isn’t necessarily obvious to others. If dry january is very hard for you, and not just an inconvenience, probably it’s time to examine if you’ve got a problem.[/quote]

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I was a problem drinker for twenty years, but it never actually caused me any problems (apart from medical issues that might arise later, of course). I think many people are the same: they know that they drink too much, but it’s never made them late for work, they’ve never driven drunk, they’ve never been assaulted, never thrown up in a cab, and so on, and they’ve probably gone a week or two without drinking several times over the years, without any withdrawal or even really noticing it. So they never feel the urgent need to cut back or stop.

Apart from maybe saying something foolish, my drinking had never had a negative impact on my life. Then I had a blackout a few years ago and that was the wake up call for me. I was luckily at home but I thought about what could have happened if I wasn’t. For some people, it might be something worse, like getting behind the wheel and getting pulled over. 
If dry January can make people take stock of their drinking without some big problem forcing them to do it, I think that’s a good thing. [/quote]

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