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Old 11-11-2008, 01:05 PM   #5 (permalink)
nandm
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Originally Posted by sugErspun View Post
I don't agree.

My book says that the insanity of alcohol returns, and then we drink. I do not believe I have a choice in not drinking today - if I do, that is reliance on self....and I know where self-reliance has got me in the past.

I think I have asked this before - If it is true that the insanity of alcoholism returns (because I am providing safe-harbor to fear and resentment) and then I drink. Can one honestly say that I chose to be insane? Is insanity a choice?


I don't think sobriety in AA has very much to do with free will. We are living miracles, but somehow want the credit for it.
I think the "Choice" comes in to play as a choice to follow a spiritual path of life which arms us against that first drink. That is how I view the choice to drink or not drink each day.

Just my 2 cents....
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