i'm actually thinkin about giving it up almost completely, ive realised that i have no control over it at all, i cant just have a couple of drinks, its an all or nuthin thing with me, ideally i'd only drink on special occasions; festivals, birthdays, new year etc. but ive been drinking every weekend more or less since i was 12 or 13 years old and its destroyed a lot of things in my life; relationships , houses, jobs, an unbelievable amount of money, and created problems for my family and friends, not to mention the health and mental issues. the U.K has always had a heavy drinking culture and scotland especially with the west of scotland probably the epicentre of it all, me and my mates really don't know a different way of life.