Ashamed of your drinking habits and feeling like a spectacular failure? Maybe you’ve tried to quit many times but failed dismally. You’ve promised not to drink, only to cave in as soon as someone suggests a quick one.   Maybe you didn’t need to be persuaded; you drank just to be defiant and bloody-minded and say “f**k it” to the world and all those judging you.   I went down that road many times.    It was a road full of potholes, and I fell in every damn one of them. Until one day, I woke up and knew which way to go. I knew how to avoid the potholes or jump out of them if I needed to.   I would promise not to drink, and then 10 minutes later I had a glass of wine in my hand.    Ashamed of your drinking habits and feeling like a spectacular failure?   Maybe you’ve tried to quit many times but failed dismally. You’ve promised not to drink, only to cave in as soon as someone suggests a quick one.   Maybe you didn’t need to be persuaded; you drank just to be defiant and bloody-minded and say “f**k it” to the world and all those judging you.     I went down that road many times.    It was a road full of potholes, and I fell in every damn one of them. Until one day, I woke up and knew which way to go. I knew how to avoid the potholes or jump out of them if I needed to.   I would promise not to drink, and then 10 minutes later I had a glass of wine in my hand.    Two mouthfuls later and I’d be shaking my head in disbelief and beating myself up for being a bloody-minded idiot and failing spectacularly.   I’ve been sober for …… and although I‘ve kicked alcohol, some of the old loser habits still linger.    Take last night, for example; I know I should cut down on my sugar intake and give cakes and chocolates a wide berth. I thought about all the suga