I'm on the side that clams substance dependence is a 'brain disease'. I believe that neurochemicals and neuropathways have been altered to the point that decision making has been severely compromised.
Originally Posted by tommy
Question: what is it about our ‘disease’ that prevents us from picking up the phone to tell someone else we’re getting ready to drink / use?
I think vegibean has some good points and one being
Originally Posted by vegi
I totally believe that "your relapse begins way before you pick up", because I know I think about it, especially when I'm going through a rough spot in life. So I pick up the phone THEN!!! I call my sponsor and tell her I want to get drunk, I tell my girlfriends where my head is,
The more I practice picking up the phone when I'm having a rough spot...well before the intensity of the urge to use begins...I am retraining my brain and learning new behaviors that will help me when it can come to a time, and sometimes in an instant, when I'm only one call away from relapse.