Back in 90' I too switched to Beer only and when my brother passed my wife said, i might have some issue with drinking and forced me to stop altogether. But I somehow managed her to agree to 1 beer on Fridays. I would so looking forward to that day. I will go buy a 32 ounce bottle but slowly slowly, I would buy extra bottles for the road. And when we had our daughter in 1998 the attention went to my daughter, I slowly extended the drinking to weekends and then back to all days. In 2005 Georgia cleared high octane beers and I switched right away. Because i was drinking ""beer only"".
When I came into the rooms of AA in 2006 and reading the big book (this was written by the way in 1939) i ran into this part:
Here are some of the methods we have tried: Drinking beer only, limiting
the number of drinks, never drinking alone, never drinking in the
morning, drinking only at home, never having it in the house, never
drinking during business hours, drinking only at parties, switching from
scotch to brandy, drinking only natural wines, agreeing to resign if
ever drunk on the job, taking a trip, not taking a trip, swearing off
forever (with and without a solemn oath), taking more physical exercise,
reading inspirational books, going to health farms and sanitariums,
accepting voluntary commitment to asylums?we could increase the list ad
infinitum.
I thought, dang, they have written something I can relate to.
