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Barto · 03-18-2008, 12:42 PM

Mountain Girl is pretty much dead-on with the Big Book’s definition of the disease of alcoholism, except that the obsession of the mind is what causes an alcoholic to take the first drink (despite past experience that tells us that this is a very bad idea). Once the first drink is taken, the phenomenon of craving kicks in and the alcoholic [mostly] cannot control how much he will drink or what he will do.

Since this is the 12 Step section, I’ll give you the 12 step solution – finding and maintaining a relationship with a power greater than yourself who will remove the obsession to take the first drink, thus negating the phenomenon of craving (or physical aspect of the disease).

To further understand what this means, I defer to Rufus. The big book breaks it all down really well. You can get one at any AA meeting.

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Barto Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Righthere, Rightnow Posts: 1,497	Hey Scott Mountain Girl is pretty much dead-on with the Big Book’s definition of the disease of alcoholism, except that the obsession of the mind is what causes an alcoholic to take the first drink (despite past experience that tells us that this is a very bad idea). Once the first drink is taken, the phenomenon of craving kicks in and the alcoholic [mostly] cannot control how much he will drink or what he will do. Since this is the 12 Step section, I’ll give you the 12 step solution – finding and maintaining a relationship with a power greater than yourself who will remove the obsession to take the first drink, thus negating the phenomenon of craving (or physical aspect of the disease). To further understand what this means, I defer to Rufus. The big book breaks it all down really well. You can get one at any AA meeting.