Congratulations to both of you guys, I’ve got the Irish curse in more than one department and I know how hard it is to quit the poison. I’m extremely grateful to have cannabis as an alternative to drinking, it’s been a blessing from the earth for me and so many others. I got a lot of my self destructive behavior out of my system in my twenties and early thirties. I was a blackout drunk with a heavy hand and a mighty thurst, and a crippling case of social anxiety that only made the drinking worse. My problem got to the point where I would get alcohol poisoning and continue to drink. Puking up blood and washing it down again, waking up in strange places, running into people who I didn’t know constantly who knew me, it was crazy. Eventually those half day hangovers morphed into three day hangovers and I had had enough. I cut back hard and was able to curb my destructive behavior to the point where I could stop at one, or not even have one. Now ten years later I don’t think I’ve been shitfaced more than a dozen times, been with my girlfriend and her son for over six years now and she has only seen me drunk twice. I honestly think it would not have been possible without weed. I’m thankful that I had the strength to do something about it without seeking treatment, because they almost always have the same attitude towards anything that is intoxicating and I truly believe that some people need an outlet.
