"Hi, I'm Cullen, and I'm an alcoholic. At least that's what I recited in front of hundreds of strangers once a week while attending virtual Alcoholics Anonymous meetings last year. I mumbled the words, but often didn't believe them or give their depth of meaning to my life. But when I turned the legal drinking age, even though I swapped out plastic bottles for premium glass ones, that frenzied "teenage" spirit didn't go away."
"I didn't necessarily rely on alcohol on a daily basis, and I could go weeks without it, but after my first taste I would order drink after drink; I was unable (or unwilling) to stop myself from having another, usually before the one I was sipping was finished. Soon enough, I was the wasted person at every party. Why I Needed to Address My Relationship with Alcohol"
A person experienced intense, episodic drinking after reaching the legal drinking age, often ordering multiple drinks and becoming heavily intoxicated at social events. Alcohol damaged relationships, created unsafe situations, and produced behaviors that sober moments could not reconcile. The person did not want total abstinence but sought ways to heal the relationship with alcohol. Dry tripping, or a sober vacation, means traveling without alcoholic beverages and substituting nonalcoholic options or mocktails. Going dry during travel can shift perspective on alcohol's role, expose drinking patterns, and support safer, healthier social interactions.
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