Been to town today. Spent 2 hours at a Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) course. One of things it states to try to avoid is alcohol. So right now, i'm all stressed & nervy & that, struggling with 'no, i don't NEED a glass ... i'll just have another beer'. MAYBE i can drink a bit less, & less spirits, but no way am i gonna stop altogether, i just CAN'T. Nothing can replace alcohol, for me.
Okay, i held off for a while, having another can, but then i relented & poured my self a lovely mix of vodka/fanta/fruit&vege-juice/milk (it has a nice orangey look & taste; reminds of the orange sodastream & icecream milkshakes i had as a kid, & also orange choc-chip icecream). I gotta have something to help me through the "craziness" that i endure after going abroad. Is it just me or is it hard to be all alone after being in company for a while (say couple hours); you are left to mull over all the craziness/aftermath by yourself (ie anxiety is up quite a bit, & you are nervously jiggling your leg, pulling hairs outta your beard, etc).
Crazy (Aerosmith). Now that's another type of crazy, and i have no idea how i'd cope with all that. Perhaps i could handle it okay, or perhaps not. I don't think i'll ever know tbh. It's just one of many [good] things in this life that i'll never get to experience, as my life is all about "lack" - that's my purpose in life, to experience extreme lack in things crucial to human emotional wellbeing. I'm like a "lab experiment".