Originally Posted by naive

thank you for bringing this to our attention. wow.

as friends and family of addicts, it's good to know what we're up against. it really does feel as this author describes...many times, i wondered : where has my beloved gone? it was as if they had been wholly taken over, like a puppet.

and alcohol is the puppet master. and it will take us down too, through trying to save one lost in its grasp.

i'm afraid that i have underestimated alcohol in the past. this disease is so insiduous, it creeps into literally every aspect of our lives if we permit it.

"i am powerless over alcohol and my life has become unmanageable. i believe in a HP that can restore me to sanity." amen.