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Originally Posted by gravity 
I am curious about how others view the second part of step 1. Am I reading too much into it? Is it simply just a reference to how we were in the past? Any comments appreciated.
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I never had any problems with alcohol being my master. In fact I would have been perfectly happy to die a drunk if it had not been for the fact that alcohol stopped doing its job for me. That is, the job of giving me comfort from real life problems.
When alcohol started to make me blackout before it gave me comfort is when my life became unmanageable. I could not live with the consequences of my drinking nor could I live without the drink. I was truly in a double-bind situation. Alcohol became a rock and abstinence became a hard-place.
Neither of which was something that I could manage on my own.