Originally Posted by
NoAlcoholToday 
\MHO, quitting alcohol has very little to do with the alcohol, it has a lot more to do with having the courage to face oneself in the mirror without a crutch. "Not drinking" isn't the half of it.
Thank you NAT! I have OCD, and I know that an irrational compulsion is something that cannot be understood by those who don't have one: I've been asked more times than I can count why I don't just
stop doing that. Similarly I could tell that alcohol did something for my aexh that it didn't for me; thank God. But it seemed to have the same psychological flavor as my disorder.
However, I don't feel that way about facing the truth. To me, the operative question was not, "why can't my aexh stop drinking", but WHY WON'T HE LOOK AT THINGS FOR WHAT THEY TRULY ARE? Why does he have to lie to himself so much?
I dunno. I'm sure my knowledge is limited, but it seems to me that we all do have the choice to look at ourselves honestly, or not, no matter what.