This is the first time logging in to drphil.com I already feel like the Lord brought me here to get some good fellowship with other former alcaholics. I realize I have a problem but am finding it next to impossible to break the routine of drinking. I feel really helpless and sad when I "have" to go home after work and not stop by a friends house for a beer or two which leads to six or seven and get home drunk. Do you have any advice on how you broke the cycle once you realized you were acting like....an ass? Thanks, i appreciate any help