Practical Advice How can you tell if you're becoming a problem drinker?

Hey Janis, thanks for contributing.
Yeah, you've got the basic gist. To give you the cliffnotes, i used to have a pretty healthy relationship with alcohol, but at one point a few months back, it just started getting worse, until i was getting pretty majorly drunk more and more often, and it even started getting in the way of the rest of my life.

But my best friend picked up on it pretty fast, and questioned me on it. Then i made this thread about 2 months ago and the people here convinced me to get rid of my booze and go sober. Now i'm using it as a venting space when stuff comes up from trying to stay sober.

Wonderful and I’m truly happy for you to try sobriety and give it a real go. I remember clearly my experiences (most) and it was more than an ocasional “thing”. It’s hard and it does get easier if that makes any sense. I promise

Oh, I was a hospice nurse for a few years, that’s what my chat offer was partially about if you have any questions or want to vent about it in that regard if it applies. Although it sounds like you’ve had some close experiences with being with it already

Bless you that's a hard job and very empathic of you.