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Old 03-03-2010, 01:30 PM
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keithj
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Howdy Saavik. It's not a new problem. It's the same old problem. It's just a different consequence that you haven't exprienced before.

I made the mistake of thinking each of those new consequences would be the wake up call I needed to finally get sober. I'd race off to treatment or rehab, trying something new to get a grip on my alcoholism.

Real recovery began for me, however, when I fully realized that no consequence was sufficient to overcome alcoholism. There were no wake up calls. Only digging deeper holes. I was just going to keep doing this over and over, and it would never get better, and it would always suck.

When I realized that truth, I became willing to accept spiritual help. I was suffering from something which only a spiritual experience could conquer. You might be suffering from the same thing.
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