# I think I am an alcoholic and I want to change (long)

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 16, 2011, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-am-an-alcoholic-and-i-want-to-change-long/567868 "2011-01-16T21:44:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![sisu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@sisu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sisu)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-am-an-alcoholic-and-i-want-to-change-long/567868/62 "2011-02-07T03:36:45Z")

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never quit on quitting.

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**Author:** ![newcrasher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b3f665/32.png) [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-am-an-alcoholic-and-i-want-to-change-long/567868/63 "2011-02-07T03:49:51Z")

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I’m in bed and sober.

But that was three weeks without a drink, and when I did drink I was in control of how much I drank.

I know I am not out of the woods, but I am hopeful. But I realize I still have a lot of work to do.

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**Author:** ![sleestak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-am-an-alcoholic-and-i-want-to-change-long/567868/64 "2011-02-07T04:53:28Z")

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> [@newcrasher](#):
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> I’m in bed and sober.
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> But that was three weeks without a drink, and when I did drink I was in control of how much I drank.
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> I know I am not out of the woods, but I am hopeful. But I realize I still have a lot of work to do.

It is good that when you drank you were in control but the really important question is how you felt about it. When you drank was it ‘Ok, I had two beers. Time to quit’ or was it ‘Fuck, I kept myself to two beers but damned I want another one. Or two. Or six’?

Slee

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