The abstinence thread

• Do you ever drink to escape from your problems or worries?
  
  • Do you often have five, six or more units at one time? - what's often?
    
  • Do you ever feel embarrassed or annoyed with yourself after drinking?
    
  • Have you ever had a blackout or forgotten what you have done as a result of drinking? - only once
    
    

Was a bit worried when i started reading those, but actually it's only yes to the first few. Alcohol is my anomoly - as a teenager I was a bit anti and considered it a sign of weakness along with drugs, but I still drank in very moderate amounts, this persisted until at the age of 21 I got drunk for the first time. Wasn't until I started earning proper money in late-twenties I started drinking more often in greater quantities.

Green tea though, is dangerous, I find the caffeine in it really affects me. I found restricting myself to no more than two cups of English tea a day more difficult than I've ever found alcohol (maybe because I don't really try and restrict that). I probably average 3 teas a week now. Green tea or coffee a few times a year. Dodgy ticker.