Originally Posted by
lucybooz 
if anyone reads this that is a recovering alcoholic, please try to explain WHY the alcoholic is happier in the gutter than sober? why are they happier with nothing than with everything? why don't they continue to at least try?
thanks, lucy
Because the truth is more painful than the "alcoholism." Alcohol is the symptom not the problem. It becomes easier to live with the alcohol than it is to look at the cause, the truth. What is the pain? What is the actual pain that causes the "alcoholism?" For some people, it is easier to live with the alcohol than it is to work through the truth.