Old 11-30-2009, 03:37 AM
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Dee74
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I wonder if I should tell her she must go into treatment or I can't help, but then I feel like a hypocrite.
I dunno about you but I wouldn't have responded well to ultimatiums in my drinking days.

I found you cannot make someone else well. It took me years to get that, but it's very true.

The desire to stop can't be an external one. It just doesn't work like that.

Your friend may or may not get sober - you have no control over that.
What you do have control over is getting yourself sober, recovered1.

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