If I Was Addicted to Pills, What About Alcohol?

Question by WHATME: If I was addicted to pills, what about alcohol?
I sought treatment for an addiction to benzodiazapam and ambien and went into an AA-based treatement/recovery program. I know about what AA says about cross addiction, which is why I haven’t touched alcohol for the past five months. The thing is though is that I was always a controlled drinker – I’m in sales and had to entertain clients frequently and would always water down after a drink to maintain composure (meals were the only time I would drink). There are other programs that do not subscribe to total abstinence from all things mind-altering and personally, I’d like to “unload” all of the black/white thinking I’ve picked up from AA because it doesn’t really follow my personal views of living – especially my belief that if you don’t give something attention, it doesn’t manifest into an internal conflict. I cannot stand the hyperfocus on alcohol and feel that all of this is too engrained in my psyche now. Has anyone ever kicked a pill problem and been able to drink in moderation?
P.S. I also feel as if I am a spiritually-evolved person. I didn’t have a problem with that part of the AA program – I do feel solid in my spirituality and also felt like I was able to let go of a lot of things during the intensive in-patient therapy part. If getting healing all of the old childhood scars and growing in spiritual awareness was the problem, it seems I’m much further along than many of my peers in that regard.

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Answer by Mall-Rat
if you have an addictive personality, then you can become addicted to anything. get help.

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