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"We do not like to brand any individual as an alcoholic, but you can quickly diagnose yourself. Step over to the nearest barroom and try some controlled drinking. Try to drink and stop abruptly. Try it more than once. It will not take long for you to decide, if you are honest with yourself about it."
On occasion, I have posted the suggestion that some may not be done with their drinking. Some I believe need to complete their drinking in whatever way gets them to the above bolded statement. I for one, needed to drink enough until I was full, regardless of how many institutions, treatments, jails and prisons I had to frequent. Most Alcoholics never quit until they have passed the gates of death. If you are honest with yourself, you will know when you are full.
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"It is what you learn after you know it all that counts." John Wooden
Excerpts from Original Manuscript of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous
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