Dragon by TCBloo

12 Steps of Alcoholics Bro-nonymous

WHAT.

"He-man, Master of the Universe: Grant me the balls of steel to deal like a man with bad news, instead of turning into a quivering, whiney douche who wants to dive into a bottle and hide; the power to deal with good news by not feeling like I need to pop a cork to celebrate; and, while you're at it, help me to level out and just breathe no matter what happens. Also, please give me X-ray vision and the ability to predict lottery numbers. Shazam!"

PaintWithCorn drank for years & always felt fine.  He quit for two months then went to get some medical tests.  Check out the results.

If AA is a cult, they're not a very good one.

In my case, I finally realized it made no difference whether or not I was an "alcoholic" by any definition. Being an "alcoholic" is all about the negative impact that alcohol has on my life. But once I realized that alcohol's positive impact on my life was absolutely zero, there was no point parsing out fine distinctions about how to define my drinking habit. You're balancing a scale - harms to benefits. When the benefits have zero weight, the harm end of the scale just clanks to the ground no matter how little weight you put on it.

It sucks at first, but eventually you start to love it.  Give it enough time.

The key to not drinking is to realize that it's literally poison and that you don't want it in your life.