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<blockquote data-quote="Rumpole" data-source="post: 552851" data-attributes="member: 15255"><p>Good points Nancy and TL.</p><p></p><p>I must confess, I really don't want to give up drinking, it's something I enjoy in moderation, but I can see how for many an addict it would be intolerable for them to have to drink in moderation, that the "in moderation" part isn't really realistic. I think I'm both at a part of my career and my life that it wouldn't work to give it up; "going for a pint", as the Brits are so fond of saying, is something really ingrained in the culture, even more than in Australia (as much as the latter has a reputation for a drinking culture).</p><p></p><p>I would even venture that there's a degree of selfishness there; I enjoy drinking alcohol, I don't want to have to go without at this point in my life. Perhaps in the same way that many an addict respond differently to different forms of treatment, it could be said some can deal with moderate consumption of alcohol, and many can't.</p><p></p><p>It reminds me of a particular case mentioned to me by a psychiatrist friend here in London; a certain patient always tended to drink to excess on weekdays, he would find himself in a pub after work getting drunk, but on weekends he had no problems just having a glass or two of burgundy with his wife. In the end, the treatment was to have his wife supervise him taking disulfiram on sunday through thursday nights, meaning he could not take alcohol mondays to fridays, but could still enjoy drinking saturdays and when they had friends around on sunday for lunch.</p><p></p><p>R</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rumpole, post: 552851, member: 15255"] Good points Nancy and TL. I must confess, I really don't want to give up drinking, it's something I enjoy in moderation, but I can see how for many an addict it would be intolerable for them to have to drink in moderation, that the "in moderation" part isn't really realistic. I think I'm both at a part of my career and my life that it wouldn't work to give it up; "going for a pint", as the Brits are so fond of saying, is something really ingrained in the culture, even more than in Australia (as much as the latter has a reputation for a drinking culture). I would even venture that there's a degree of selfishness there; I enjoy drinking alcohol, I don't want to have to go without at this point in my life. Perhaps in the same way that many an addict respond differently to different forms of treatment, it could be said some can deal with moderate consumption of alcohol, and many can't. It reminds me of a particular case mentioned to me by a psychiatrist friend here in London; a certain patient always tended to drink to excess on weekdays, he would find himself in a pub after work getting drunk, but on weekends he had no problems just having a glass or two of burgundy with his wife. In the end, the treatment was to have his wife supervise him taking disulfiram on sunday through thursday nights, meaning he could not take alcohol mondays to fridays, but could still enjoy drinking saturdays and when they had friends around on sunday for lunch. R [/QUOTE]
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