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The compulsion to drink has for the most part been lifted, however my overactive imagination often incorporates scenarios, images and thoughts of using in my mind. I do pray on this, but it is a stubborn foe.
I use THINK
THINK
THINK
as a rule and often. Think of taking that drink...Think where that drink will take you...Think of the way you will feel when the drunk is over and all the regret and self loathing inevitably set in. Something profound that a member once shared with me is that "When we drink we give everyone else power over us."
We give them the power to fingerpoint, scapegoat and compartmentalize us into the 'alcoholic box' which dissolves any and all credibility we have and can trump even our best intentions for an undisclosed period of time afterward.
Whew! I didn't go for the beer cooler this morning! I came to this site and kept busy and told on my disease and I feel better.
God bless!
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