Originally Posted by
NeverHadALegal 
Is it possible that our relapses are much much worse than they actually would be based on power of suggestion. For years or how ever long you have been in the program it has been pounded in to our heads that 1 drink will lead us to doom. Is it possible that if we un-wash these "facts" from our brain, we could go on living happy life's enjoying a drink or two after a few years of sob riety?
I didn't have to un-wash anything. I thought I was a superman when it came to drinking and AA members were simply wimps who could not hold their liquor. I tried the "Just 1 drink" experiment dozens of times with excellent short term results. It proved that I was not one of "those people".
The trouble was, sometime within the next 2 weeks, I would try it again and then again till I was drinking as much or worse than ever... Usually worse. It was like lighting the fuse on a time bomb.
