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First of all, congratulations on 8 years of sobriety. For anyone who has had problems with alcohol, that is a lot of one day at a times put together.

That said, my experience after having been sober for over 35 years now (April 7, 1986), is that the research into alcohol/substance abuse shows the vast majority of people who drink have absolutely no problem with it. The actual addiction rate is only about 10% in the United States and is even lower than that in most other countries. When I was early in my sobriety, I had the false impression that everyone drank I like did. This is wrong. Almost no one drinks like I did and I wasted a lot of psychological energy on being resentful that other people could drink where I couldn’t. I am not saying that is what you are doing here and your concerns about the social impact of alcohol abuse are legitimate. However, to use an analogy, it would be silly to say that the 90% of people who can swim shouldn’t be allowed to because I don’t know how. I know that I don’t know how to drink safely. My attempts at moderation always ended up with me being drunk as hell. But, that is MY experience and not the experience of others.

Here’s the key to it all in my opinion. Somewhere along the way I switched from drinking to feel good to drinking to keep from feeling bad. Once again, this is my experience. Now that I perceive myself as a person who doesn’t drink rather than a person who does but is trying not to, what others do in relation to alcohol is of no concern to me. Their drinking is not the problem. My drinking is.

So, for me, if people want to get drunk and use this hangover patch, I say have at it.

Btw - I didn’t mean to sound dramatic. The sites not closing, this is just a good way to give a discount and to bring in a tiny commission for running this place.

I have close friends in AA.  I've treated people medically for alcoholism.  My grandfather died from alcoholism.  But here it really sounds like you're pushing your issues onto other people.  None of my friends in AA care that other people drink.  They all acknowledge that alcohol is their problem, not everyone's problem.  

Some of us have zero issues with drugs or alcohol, and still enjoy getting drunk every once in a while.  There's nothing wrong with that.  

I thought this was about a sale on patch cables...

Need some shortie TRS to XLR... have parts on hand but no time or desire to solder. Too many other projects.

Probably me and the Lagunitas IPA I'm drinking right now should back outta this... move along nothing to see here!

Is this real life?