This is excellent, however I would add that it's often necessary for heavy abusers to gradually wean themselves off from their daily intake in order to begin their recovery process safely. It's similar to your ice cream system, but the drinker cuts their daily intake down one or two beverages, say from 18 cans of beer to 16, then 14, and so on. With the proper self-discipline,(In this example) the addicted person can wean down to 8 cans per night, and from 8 to zero with very minimal withdrawal. For people like me, who developed a life-threatening addiction, a safe detox is necessary before the ice cream, but we definitely need that sugar replacement once we're safely out of the woods!!!! (A better and safer method is medically assisted detox)
Thanks for sharing and please continue to document your journey!
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