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Originally Posted by pythonx
Hi,
I look forward to drinking wine in the evening and I got so used to it that it discomforts me if there's no wine at hand.
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How long have you been doing this? If you find that you cannot get through the evening comfortably without the wine, that is an indication of beginning dependency on the alcohol for mood support or the ability to relax. If you have been consuming for a period of time, you will find that there is an uneasiness, an unrelaxed and anxious feeling when you do not have the alcohol. The natural instinct in this case is to drink to to settle the nerves and to relax. So you reach for the very thing that is causing your discomfort to begin with. If you stop drinking the alcohol, there will be discomfort for a period of time but it will go away as it is a byproduct of the alcohol use.
This is what makes it difficult for the alcoholic. When you quit, things get better, but you have to endure some uneasiness in the beginning.