Originally Posted by
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So many of the stories were "So I decided to quit right then and there, got to a meeting, got sober..." (something along those lines).
I was thinking about the reason for this and here is my thought on it; in treatment and "the rooms" its often said that we shouldn't get into telling our "war stories", i.e. recounting the ugly/stupid things we did and the nightmare of withdrawal. That it doesn't benefit anyone and keeps us focussed on the negative. I don't know if that is true or not. I am certainly guilty of doing what they say not to do but I personally find that it keeps me from forgetting. For me its a learning process every day.