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Originally Posted by embraced2000  then, i learned how much alike the addiction makes them.....amazing. just amazing. course, living with the effects of it all makes us aobut all the same, too. but i still think we have a better shot at recovery than they do. | The only way I had a shot at recovery from alcoholism was to recognize the similarities between myself and others. As long as I kept noticing the differences the denial kept creeping in. Yes, we're all very much alike. So is it the same for those of you in Al-Anon?
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