Interesting, but I wonder how accurate that is, taking myself as an example. I know that I don’t have a drinking problem (as in, I don’t feel a need to drink alcohol and sometimes go weeks or months at a time without alcohol simply because the opportunity doesn’t present itself, and can control and have controlled my alcohol intake when necessary without any issues), but points 2 and 3 have definitely applied to me, and 1 possibly as well. The problem wasn’t my drinking, but that an abusive person needed something to criticize and degrade me, and that was a perfect opportunity. If I had stopped drinking that person would have found something else (and they did when I drank less due to covid).
Interesting, but I wonder how accurate that is, taking myself as an example. I know that I don’t have a drinking problem (as in, I don’t feel a need to drink alcohol and sometimes go weeks or months at a time without alcohol simply because the opportunity doesn’t present itself, and can control and have controlled my alcohol intake when necessary without any issues), but points 2 and 3 have definitely applied to me, and 1 possibly as well. The problem wasn’t my drinking, but that an abusive person needed something to criticize and degrade me, and that was a perfect opportunity. If I had stopped drinking that person would have found something else (and they did when I drank less due to covid).