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Why you drink even though you don’t want to.

February 21, 2018 By Christine Askew BA, MA, MSc 23 Comments

 

Why you drink even though you don’t want to.

One of the most common questions I get asked when people are struggling to quit drinking is:

“Why do I keep drinking even though I really don’t want to? I don’t even enjoy it anymore.”

It can be really demoralising when you end up drinking yet again, after promising yourself repeatedly that you’re done –

and especially when it doesn’t even do much for you anymore except leave you with a banging headache, writhing in a swamp of anxiety and shame.

So why do we do it?

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