LPT: If you're trying to cut back on drinking, and you're like me and buy alcohol when getting groceries, start shopping in the morning. Unless you drink in the morning or early day, you won't feel the urge nearly as bad to get a case of beer or wine.

It's not when put in the context of "trying to cut down"

Someone can just want to try to cut down for calorie reasons, not because of any problem with alcoholism.

I drink once every four-six months. I still found myself deciding to cut down that ONE night I drink, explicitly because I realized I was consuming extra calories I didn't need and then had to work harder to burn off the next day.

I still have the urge to keep drinking, because I drink like twice in the entire year and am having a lot of fun with my friends AND love the taste. But I still want to cut back in order to not consume extra calories or put on any extra weight.

According to your logic, I need help with my alcoholism since I at all have the thought of "I should cut down."

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