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Drinking Thinking: 8 Illusions About Needing to Drink


Huffington Post by Robert Leahy, Ph.D.
Alcohol abuse is one of the most insidious, destructive and self-defeating habits that millions of people struggle with. Many thoughtful, kind, intelligent and good people get caught in the web of alcohol abuse and dependency. You don't have to be an "alcoholic" to have a drinking problem -- but you need to examine honestly whether drinking has led to problems for you and the people in your life. No one sits down on Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 and says, "I think I'll become an alcoholic." No one wants that as a life problem. But it happens, and it's hard to break free from it.

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