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by drobilla 5709 days ago
Get it out of the house.

You're unlikely to ever get rid of that "it's late, just one beer to take the edge off" (that rapidly turns into 6) if it's just a trip to the fridge away. Having to actually go out to slowly poison yourself raises the bar high enough that you realize what you're doing, and makes not doing it far, far easier. It's much easier to control yourself on shopping trips than at the moment you really want that beer (this also applies to bad eating habits, drugs, etc.)

Get it out of the house.