quitter
All the best to your endeavor. Personally, the fact that you could identify an issue means you ain't too far down the path. Try for 1 -3 beers a one of your braais. If you cannot stick to that then yeah, cold turkey.
My SexObject has been moaning I drink too much with the rugby buddies. So instead of turkey i just scaled down. Feel better, less 'headache' and weight drop.
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..... , that I might have a drinking problem.
Think you'll have much more than a headache if she finds out what you call her.
Not drinking too much around friends is really damn difficult I find, and if you are tipsy and they are hammered they quickly become annoying I find.

Been there. But YOLO. Light that **** up. In 100 years time everyone on this planet will be dead. Plus my Scottish heritage prevents me from being a tea totaler![]()
I use the Scottish heritage thing a lot........ until two days ago I was explaining to a customer/friend of mine who has been around the town for a very long time and worked with my late father, that it was difficult to give up drinking partly because of my heritage....
"Look Jimmy....", I said ," Think of all the Scots that worked on this mine over the past forty years, doctors, artisans,managers and Geologists, all of them......... tell me the name of at least one of them that was not a big drinker.............just one......"
Jimmy blinked, paused and replied......." Just tell me the name of one of them that is still alive today.........."
This were his peers and they were all deid!
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If they have Becks or Bavaria up in Namibia those are better.