Old 01-23-2010, 03:39 PM
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NEOMARXIST
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Hi again. You sound like you may be at the point where you've simply had enough with booze.

I found that simply giving up the booze is only one part of the solution and in actual fact is the easiest part, certainly for me as I was still just a heavy binger and not 24/7.

It's the staying stopped which takes the work. That requires a whole shift in psyche to enable your thinking to be changed to the extent where drinking just seems pointless and doesn't cross your mind. That is what the 12 steps are there for in AA.

Recovery from alclholism is like starting school again and gaining a new education. It constantly has to be worked on/maintained on a daily basis to keep the demon away. But accpeting to your innermost self that you will always be an alcoholic is an important turning point IMO. The basis in which sobriety can be built from ie- step 1.
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