A week of abstinence already under my belt. Writing this blog has been a bonus for me – at a behavioural level it has given me an activity as an alternative to drinking in the early evenings and at a cognitive level it has led me to explore different aspects of alcohol and drinking. Through these mechanisms it has also led me to examine more closely my relationship with alcohol. When February comes, I will use some of the material to write more formally about alcohol under the C2H6O heading on this website. That will be with my professional hat on, worn at a suitably jaunty angle, drawing on my 25 plus years of working in addictions.

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