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Old 11-23-2011, 08:36 PM
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EricL
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: WI
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Maybe "you" can't make yourself stop. Maybe you are powerless over alcohol?

I found a lot of success in conceding that could not make myself stop, I could not think the drink through, I could not "just say no", I could wake up in the morning and swear it off... but it was of little consequence, it was not my choice to make. I had lost the ability to make that choice long ago.

I found a lot of relief in conceding this, and accepting help in AA from someone who had been where I was, had suffered the same powerlessness I had, but had somehow found power to no longer drink, no longer even think about drinking-not even in passing.
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