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You're not dumb. You have an allergy like the rest of us. I tried to moderate and abstain on my own for ten years. Eventually gave up and realized I couldn't do it alone. AA has not only helped me stopped drinking but how to find pleasure in my life such that drinking doesn't even sound like fun. Feel free to ask questions or DM. Stay strong! One day at a time.
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For sure. You can read about it in "The Doctor's Opinion" chapter of the Big Book. If you don't have the "everything AA" app, which has the full electronic version of the big book, just Google "the doctors opinion excerpt" and you can find a PDF easily. Here is an interpretation guide after you have read it. https://www.amethystrecovery.org/reading-guide-for-the-doctors-opinion/
In short, Dr silkwork explains that there is not only a mental condition that drives alcoholics to drink but there is a medical component wherein alcoholics are just plain different. There is something about alcoholics that cause us to crave alcohol (either in the absence of it or more commonly once we start we can't stop). This behavior is not observed in a regular person. So the allergy piece is that like any allergy, total abstinence from alcohol is required for even one drop can kick off the craving and lead to the well known spiral of a spree, remorse, resolution to not drink again, repeat.