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paulmh · 01-19-2007, 04:49 PM

Hi just another

I remember listening to another alcoholic talking about how bad his "bottom" had been. Inside me there was this voice screaming "You hope it was your bottom!". I knew that was as true of me as it was of him. It's one of the few concepts in AA I'm a bit wary of. There's always lower I can go. All I need to do is pick up a drink, and I'll soon find another bottom. Maybe this time I'll kill a family member driving drunk, or maybe I'll get away with just being divorced and losing my family. Maybe I'll drink my business away, only this time I'll carry on into so much debt that I'll never be solvent again. So I might have gone into recovery, and I might be sober today, but I'll only know that I hit "bottom" when I'm on my deathbed.

01-19-2007, 04:49 PM	#4 (permalink)
paulmh Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: UK Posts: 1,373	Hi just another I remember listening to another alcoholic talking about how bad his "bottom" had been. Inside me there was this voice screaming "You hope it was your bottom!". I knew that was as true of me as it was of him. It's one of the few concepts in AA I'm a bit wary of. There's always lower I can go. All I need to do is pick up a drink, and I'll soon find another bottom. Maybe this time I'll kill a family member driving drunk, or maybe I'll get away with just being divorced and losing my family. Maybe I'll drink my business away, only this time I'll carry on into so much debt that I'll never be solvent again. So I might have gone into recovery, and I might be sober today, but I'll only know that I hit "bottom" when I'm on my deathbed. __________________ It all works. It IS simple Miss C Give up hope of a better past.