To be quite staggered by this article

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this piece ???

I have had an ongoing battle with booze for several years now and finding something like this really doesn't help! I know it's the Fail, but still, how can a supposedly intelligent young woman honestly believe this is going to help anyone? Please tell me if I'm being over-sensitive..

Hmmm this article is a bit bizarre-and not very well written IMO.

I think the word missing is "moderation". The psychologist who commented made a fair point about extremism. Seems to me that she's suffering with OCD and desperate to maintain control on SOME aspects of her life.

I got about halfway through and gave up. It seems a very odd article, I couldn't understand her point at all.

There's something to be said for all things in moderation to be honest. Giving up entirely might be setting yourself up for failure. We often start the new year with ideas of no drink, no chocs, no pizza etc and because of that, revert back to old habits quite quickly.
Obviously for anyone with a problem habit, giving up entirely is the most beneficial course of action.
Once I gave up loads of stuff (booze, caffeine, fags, so-called bad food) all at once at New Year. Cue nervous breakdown by end of February. Of course, that might have been well on its way anyway and have led to the extremist course of action. The author seems to have had a bit of an extreme all or nothing attitude and perhaps some mental health issue.
It sounds like the author had a bit of a problem herself and not very supportive friends. If mine thought I was boring when sober I would ditch them!

I think you are a bit, although given your battle understandably so. The point made in the article is that extremes of anything are bad. I'm tee-total, I'm allergic to alcohol, but I don't lie to people about it or worry or let it stop be going out.

This woman seems to need a prop, whether it's alcohol, a detox or something else. Tackling that feeling of inadequacy, that people think they are expected to behave a certain way to be accepted. Or that they have to lie or that they need a drug to make themselves comfortable with their actions or thoughts. All that is the problem, not the solution.

Being happy with yourself is what you need. Dependency on anything (even dependency on abstainence) isn't healthy.

Good luck with your battle. I had an eating disorder, for me it was about feeling in control. Now I am in control of what I can be and I don't worry about what I can't change. And I have a totally healthy relationship with food. It is possible.

Hmm, maybe I am beng a tad over the top - itjust seems really odd as has been said, and not very helpful!

I do kind of agree with the article, although agree its pretty badly written and ust a tad long.

As kat said, trying to cut out anything too strenuously doesn't work for a lot of people, and just sets you up to fail. Nothing wrong with cutting back though given her previous lifestyle.