Originally Posted by
soberjim 
cary and frustrating isn't it. To repeatly wake up in the morning, with your rational mind in tact saying 'I will not drink today' only to begin the debate again around 4 p.m., (when the other voice takes over) then take the first drink, keep going, and wake up the next morning sad and disappointed in yourself.
Just like Bill Murray in the movie 'Groundhog Day', except it is not funny.
Wow. I could not have said it better myself. Thank you, thank you so much.
And I have to agree with the others, willpower just isn't enough. Wish it was. Maybe it is for some. But for most of us, as much as we hate the alcohol, ourselves when we drink, if we could just will ourselves sober, there'd be no need for Recovery, treatment, AA, SR.