August 10, 2004
Pioneer?
We talk a lot about drinking, we talk about drinking a lot, we talk about other people’s drinking problems but not about our own. Until we quit, that is. Then we talk a lot about our old drinking problems. And, if we drink again after quitting, we either talk about quitting again, or we quit talking about drinking again.
I’m here to break a couple of those traditions. I have caused myself real problems with my drinking in the past, but I turned it around by taking responsibility for my behavior. I didn’t do it alone, but the control was mine to seize. Today, I am unabashed about relishing a couple of cold beers on a hot summer evening, and I am content with — even empowered by — the fact that more than half of my days are comfortably alcohol-free.
I need your help: Prove how wrong it would be for me to think I’m the first person to put up a personal website where I talk about solving a drinking problem without quitting. Post links to folks who are have already done it here in the comments, or drop them in an email message to me.
2004.08.12 Update
Neo makes a great point in a comment at Showcase.mu.nu (emphasis mine):
I can relate, in general, to the stopping drinking so much, too much, too often. Abstinence was not the answer to my problems because if you tell me not to do something — well, you get the picture. I won’t focus on it, however, because I know you become what you fill your mind with. I prefer to fill my mind with more positive, helpful aspects of life. I doubt that you’re the pioneer in this matter, as the resources listed on your website/blog/forum indicate.
2004.08.15 Update
Here’s the answer to my question: I’m not the first.
Lilian and Murdoch MacDonald are already online from Scotland with their site, Alcoholics Can Drink Safely Again. I corresponded with them and got a friendly email back. They are shopping a book ‘round to publishers and have posted several articles about themselves from the U.K. press at their site.
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