The day my social drinking changed into problem drinking

Craig Beck
Sep 4, 2018 · 8 min read

The moment my social alcohol consumption became alcoholism

Us drinkers devote an insane quantity of time reviewing our alcohol consumption to that of other individuals. Although it is the most outright type of confirmation bias you will ever experience. It is completely meaningless.

You see, we are not searching for confirmation that we should act and stop drinking alcohol. Rather the opposite, we are searching for evidence that our alcohol consumption is not so horrible (when you contrast it to other…

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