Survey: Military binge drinking drops, but this service stood out in a bad way

When you crack the seal on a bottle, do you know it will be empty before you're done with it and already have it's replacement sitting in the freezer? Is the sole purpose of your drinking to pass out? Do you drink like this and still manage to go to work or whatever your daily routine requires? Do you drink like this knowing that this might be the time you don't wake up, and maybe even wish it so? Do you tell yourself that it's all good I'm still getting my stuff done? First name basis with clerk at ClassVI or local package store? I lived like this for many years. It took an extreme intervention. 3 weeks will be a year since my last taste of alcohol. Some of the reasons I gave myself went away when the drink did and the others aren't so bad now and I'm dealing with them. Passing out drunk everyday, waking up and grabbing the bottle sitting next to the bed just to pass out again? Living like this and answering no when asked about suicidal thoughts, your lying to yourself and others. Do whatever you have to to get help. The money I'm saving has been redirected into stocks and getting my mortgage paid off sooner. Life has gotten better

I now laugh at the price of cigarettes, and am astonished as many people smoke as is reported. I used to smoke 2 packs a day, but when they hit $5 a carton it pissed me off and I quit because I wasn't paying that much for a darned pack of smokes. Now over $5 a pack, like I said I am astonished.

It makes me wonder about how all the branches broke out for the percentage. But anyway it seems like having a drink or a couple is more of a military tradition/heritage. When I was in the Air Force when you were promoted everybody being promoted in your group on base had to pay a certain amount to cover the promotion ceremony at the club and included finger foods as well as one alcoholic beverage if you were of age. But I also think it's a lot less than it used to be. The only reason they notice it now is because they are asking the questions and unlike back in the day they are actually getting people to tell the truth about how much they drink. I know for the Air Force bases I have been stationed at they don't have enough membership to have the officers club and the enlisted club so they had to combine them and just call them the club on base or whatever name they came up for the proper name. But they pushed not drinking and driving so much they are putting them out of business. I remember when I was first enlisted they started pushing the saying that even one is to many drinks to have before driving home. Combined with the hours and work load not getting any easier and having the hollow force of the Obama administration and deployment cycles it's the easiest way to deal to be brutally honest. I haven't gotten to the point at any time in my past where I was considered an alcoholic and I have made sure to tell my therapists in the past but how much I drink has lessened since I got out.