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Old 07-25-2007, 11:40 AM
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Jersey Nonny
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Two days ago? That means you've had two days to do not much more than to think about drinking.

Identification:
Identification is one of the ways in which we overcome the denial associated with our alcoholism. When an alcoholic in recovery honestly tells his or her story, and we can identify with him or her, our denial is momentarily overcome. This discovery formed one of the fundamental principles of AA: that one alcoholic could help another alcoholic stay sober.
When you listen to the people in the rooms share, concentrate on finding the similarities, rather than the differences in the way you drank, and what happened when you did...the emotions when you weren't drinking. I'll bet you'll find you're not as different as you think you are!
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