I think this describes an alcoholic, not a problem drinker..
Yes I do too - I am in exactly this boat, I don't want the anxiety and every negative feeling that comes with it and I want this house to see the happy times it once had, don't get me wrong it is still a happy house - but not anything like as happy as it once was and I fantasize about getting things back to the way they once were.
But it is not easy when you live in one of the hottest most humid places on earth and don't have any friends around you apart from her indoors - no I won't approach the expats because on previous experience they are nothing but more trouble waiting!! We work hard in merciless heat and I get bored quickly, err maybe now I can play games 3 nights a week but there are still another 4 where I relapse and just can't seem to get out of it - not for want of trying but like the OP says - you are putting the drink before the things you don't want to keep happening, you both make good points but I have to agree - it's alcoholism, not merely a drinking problem.
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Yes I do too - I am in exactly this boat, I don't want the anxiety and every negative feeling that comes with it and I want this house to see the happy times it once had, don't get me wrong it is still a happy house - but not anything like as happy as it once was and I fantasize about getting things back to the way they once were.
But it is not easy when you live in one of the hottest most humid places on earth and don't have any friends around you apart from her indoors - no I won't approach the expats because on previous experience they are nothing but more trouble waiting!! We work hard in merciless heat and I get bored quickly, err maybe now I can play games 3 nights a week but there are still another 4 where I relapse and just can't seem to get out of it - not for want of trying but like the OP says - you are putting the drink before the things you don't want to keep happening, you both make good points but I have to agree - it's alcoholism, not merely a drinking problem.
Alan.