1. You have a fatal disease called alcoholism. Any doctor will tell you there is only one course of treatment - abstinence from alcohol.
2. The real you can only emerge when you stop smothering your brain in alcohol and let it blossom.
3. Surrender to your body with its disease called alcoholism. You can't change it. Be grateful you don't have a fatal disease with no known treatment.
4. Your disease tells you that it would be a good idea to have a drink. That's the disease talking; it's no more true than a schizophrenic's brain telling him he's Napoleon. Or Charlie Sheen thinking he's "winning." /prayers for Charlie
5. For alcoholics, drinking is death and sobriety is beautiful. Now that I have the gift of sobriety, it means more to me than anything and every day I renew my commitment to keeping it. By coming to SR and reading tales of woe which remind me of my past and my future if I choose to drink. By reading lots of sobriety books.
Don't mess up your gift of sobriety.