sounds like we all drink to cope with loneliness. And yet the alcohol makes us lonely & isolated in itself. We have to pretend we haven't really got a problem, miss out on so many things that would be companionable as we have a hangover or would rather be drinking. How sad is that? There are so many people out there, potential friends, who don't drink & are doing things in the evenings, not slumped in front of the TV with a bottle or down the pub. They're going to the cinema, exercising, playing games, creative things, being sociable. I want to be one of them. Angelica xx Angela!!!! To drink and not get drunk is such an accomplishment. Awesome. When I do that, I am very proud. Almost like it doesn't count. It does, but we'll be happy with small but meaningful victiories. Every hour sober is a battle won for me.