Hmmmm My mom smoked for 50+ years and then had to spend some time in a smoke free hospital and supposedly quit. She lived in another state and never told us she was smoking again, she wanted us to believe she quit. I was suspicsious she was smoking because it sounded like she was when I talked to her on the phone BUT I never said a thing, because when we went to visit there were no traces and when she came to visit me for a couple of weeks at a time she did not smoke..... so she did cut way down and I figured that was a good thing. A few years later she got pneumonia and was in the hospital and my bro talked to the doctor who told her she had to quit smoking! So although she probably did not smoke moderately she did cut way back so that she could not smoke for a couple of weeks at a time. After she got sick that time she did finally quit completely.
So I suspect some alcoholics can cut down on their intake although I certainly have my doubts. There are alcoholics who say dont drink during the week but keep it to the weekends.... so it may differ some. And certainly there are those who are functional alcoholics....
But yeah in general I think this idea that you can drink moderately is for the birds!
My worry is that my difficult child thinks he cant do drugs but that he can drink..... to me there is really no difference. Substance abuse is substance abuse.
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